In Bahamian Creole English, 'fear' constructions may be based on scared, which is slotted into a copula + ADJ construction among more acrolectal speakers.
And see, Ba- Bahamian people scared of they children and - you know - water what can't - what they can't stand in. But now - they getting more - you know - educated to know that one of these time they children gon' need to swim.
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[...] Bahamians are afraid for their children [...].