How to Sleep Better When You’re Afraid of the Dark
Nyctophobia, or an extreme fear of darkness, affects both children and adults, often stemming from past trauma, anxiety ...
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Understanding Your Child's Fear: When Should You Step In?
When you were a child, what was the one thing that kept you awake at night? Is it a monster under your bed, a shadow in the hallway, or the fear that something could be lurking in the dark?
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Helping children with their fears
It's common for preschool-age children to develop fears about things like animals, storms, water, monsters, heights and the dark. Fears often go away gradually. Your little one might be afraid of ...
Little hero: Toddler braves fear of the dark to help great-grandma after fall
A three-year-old boy showed remarkable bravery when he helped his great-grandmother after she fell and injured herself. In ...
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How to help your child with their fears this Bonfire Night
It’s a common fear for children, along with things like being scared of the dark, certain animals, or the idea of a monster under the bed. We spoke to child psychologist Claire Halsey to find ...
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How ‘Are You Afraid of the Dark’ taps into the power of telling scary stories as kids
The 90s Nickelodeon cult classic Are You Afraid of the Dark didn't just scar an entire generation of youths with terrifying images we'll never forget. What made it stand out from contemporaries ...
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Are you still afraid of the dark?
It’s by associating this confusion and helplessness with the pitch black that we first learn to fear the dark. About 90% of children experience this at some stage. At around the age of seven ...