NanaMacGeek
I’m ashamed to say I’ve put the terror of spiders into all my children and grandchildren, I’m not proud of it, but I’m like your daughter in law, I can’t behave rationally if I see one.
My mother would just scoop them up, so I don’t know where it comes from.
I doubt your little chat with your granddaughter did much harm or much good, sadly it’s not that simple, but at least she can see that not all grownups are terrified.
Last weekend, in Rutland, the first statue in Britain of the late Elizabeth II was unveiled.