A study of more than 100 kindergarten-age children suggests kids tend to think of snakes differently than they do other animals and that hearing negative or objectifying language about the slithery ...

Credit: Craig Cordier / Shutterstock.) Snakes are scary! Or are they? Of the roughly 4,000 snake species in the world, no more than 15 percent are venomous. And unless you live in tropical wilds, your ...

The language children hear about snakes may shape their fear and attitudes, but simple exposure can soften that effect.

Learn more about the impact our parents and negative language have on how we begin to think about snakes at a young age.