How to Help Your Child Get Over a Fear of the Dark

Ways to help kids when they have a fear of the dark

Fear of the Dark:

Rite of Passage or Destructive Emotion?

If you go to the library to find some resources on helping your children get over the fear of the dark; you’ll probably be hard pressed to find very much. Although the fear of the dark is said to plague millions of children, it is still a subject that most parents know very little about.

Most parents will end up willing to do just about anything after frustration and exhaustion takes over. You hear of children sleeping with their parents for weeks, if not months. Parents hire therapists to help their kids overcome such anxieties and many children are simply left to deal with their fears on their own. While most methods have their validity, some are more effective than others.

10 Ways to Help Your Child with Bedwetting Issues

Bedwetting - Boy under Covers

Tips to minimize or prevent bedwetting

When it comes to the problem of children wetting the bed, the consolation for most parents is that most children usually outgrow bedwetting. Sadly, however, this is not always the case. And even when a child does eventually outgrow nocturnal enuresis, much of the psychological damage from the problem until that point has already occurred. Fortunately, there is much you as a parent can do to help guide your child through and past these experiences with self-esteem intact.