Doctors said that it is normal for children to encounter scary dreams since these are common during childhood. However, it should also be kept in mind that as parents, it is important to exert efforts in helping the kids overcome these dreams in order to sleep well.
Here are some useful tips shared by experts:
• Assurance: When your child wakes up from a nightmare, talk about the matter briefly and give assurance that everything’s all right.
• Rewrite: Assist your child in making a happy ending in the dream. If the child goes back to sleep, he or she will have a positive mindset that he or she could overcome the nightmare.
• Don’t trivialize. Treat your child’s dreams seriously. You can share some of your childhood dreams and tell your kid how you managed to overcome them. This pretty much assures the kid that he’s not the only one experiencing this.
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