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Advice from a young correspondent on sleep and fears
This issue marks the beginning of a new feature: writings from
young people about themselves, about parents, and about
parenting.
Dear Larry,
I've got an idea for your newsletter already. Here's my idea.
It's about how parents can get their child to go to sleep if
their child has trouble to go to sleep. Here are some of the
reasons that kids might have trouble falling asleep. They might
be afraid of different kinds of stuff like for an example if
they know about dying maybe. They might be afraid of dinosaurs
running into their rooms to get them. That happens to me
sometimes. Half of me says 'no that's impossible' and half of me
says it is possible, and that's just crazy! That's what bothers
me because I know it can't happen but the other half just keeps
on saying 'yes it is possible' and if I could tell it to stop I
would say 'It can't happen, it is impossible!' and I would give
the other half the right to win because the other half keeps
fighting that. I really don't like that. Some ideas that have
helped me are to think of things that make me happy or that I'm
excited about like going to the beach, getting a dog, going
camping to my favorite place, doing something that I'm excited
to do or excited that's going to happen. Also, sometimes I read
a book with my flashlight to distract myself to think about
other things. When that doesn't work, I usually call my Mom or
Dad to come in and cuddle with me and say some ideas that I
might like to make me feel happier or feel better. Also, I know
that my Mom will come in every night to check on me and that
helps me to fall asleep. Sometimes I'm awake when she comes in
to check on me but most of the times I'm already asleep.
Rafi, aged 7
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