Parenting expert reveals how to avoid Princess Charlotte's meltdown after seeing Prince William's new beard

On Thursday, Prince William admitted that his nine-year-old daughter, Princess Charlotte, broke down successful a 'flood of tears' the archetypal clip helium grew a beard this summertime - but now, a parenting adept has revealed her apical tips to assistance kids set to the change. 

While addressing journalists connected an official sojourn to South Africa this week, the dad-of-three explained that the princess hated his stubble truthful overmuch that helium had to shave it disconnected the archetypal time, but she aboriginal came astir to it.

'I got floods of tears the archetypal clip I grew a beard, truthful I had to shave it off. And past I grew it back,' the Prince of Wales said. 

'I thought, bent connected a 2nd and I convinced her it was going to beryllium okay.'

Now, Princess Charlotte seems to judge her dad's beard, but according to UK-based parenting adept and specializer Kirsty Ketley, there's a bully crushed wherefore children tin beryllium upset oregon confused erstwhile their begetter oregon different household subordinate abruptly starts to turn facial hair.

'Children, particularly younger children, truly similar familiarity, arsenic it gives them a consciousness of security,' Ketley told DailyMail.com exclusively.    

'Seeing a parent, particularly idiosyncratic arsenic acquainted arsenic Dad, abruptly look antithetic tin beryllium astonishing to them,' she explained.

'Developmentally, children larn to admit radical by circumstantial facial features, and truthful a important alteration similar facial hairsbreadth tin confuse them oregon marque them consciousness momentarily unsure oregon fearful.' 

She explained that a akin improvement tin hap erstwhile parents oregon acquainted adults abruptly deterioration glasses oregon enactment connected a hat. 

However, thankfully, there's a mode to easiness kids into the caller change. 

'Parents tin assistance by making the alteration consciousness amusive and gradual and see the kids,' Ketley told DailyMail.com. 

'Show children pictures of Dad with facial hairsbreadth - mock a representation up, oregon amusement erstwhile pics of times helium had facial hair, if possible, fto them playfully interaction oregon spot the caller look up close.'

And, arsenic their begetter grows his facial hair, the parenting advisor stressed that it is important helium is inactive doing each the aforesaid things helium ever does with the kids. 

'This helps them spot that contempt his changing appearance, he’s inactive Dad and thing other is changing,' she said.

Ketley besides recommended letting your kids cognize that their genitor volition beryllium increasing the facial hairsbreadth earlier it happens.

It tin besides assistance to attack the taxable playfully, giving the illustration that it's going to beryllium similar a 'fuzzy caterpillar,' oregon thing similar, which tin marque the caller alteration 'feel breathtaking and fun.'  

'If the kid is precise young, a gradual approach, similar dilatory increasing a stubble earlier a afloat beard, mightiness marque it easier for them to get utilized to the transformation,' she offered. 

You tin adjacent marque games retired of the increasing beard, Ketley suggested, similar having children measurement it, oregon adjacent combing it and putting immoderate baubles successful it for Christmastime. 

Books tin besides beryllium handy, particularly erstwhile the characters person a beard. 

But successful the end, with oregon without the bread, everything volition beryllium good with your small ones, Ketley promised. 

'Give it time,' she said. 'It shouldn’t instrumentality agelong for children to adjust, truthful beryllium diligent and each volition beryllium well.'