Parenting tales from the sofa - dealing with nightmares

In this week’s parenting tales from the sofa, I chat to Beckie Whitehouse of BeConfident.org about how to deal with childhood nightmares. Childhood nightmares can be a common occurence and how we deal with them can either allay or heighten their fears.

Both my own children have experienced fears at bedtime including their worries about the house being burgled or ghosts haunting the house. This needed to be tackled both sensitively and with care and, thankfully, we came out the other side ;-)

This hangout offers some tips and advice on how to help your children should it ever be needed.

Topics covered include:

Top 3 tips on how to manage kids fears when going to bed
Waking up in the middle of the night
The stories to read (or not) before bedtime

Other hangouts you may find helpful when it comes to bedtime:

Five steps to a postive bedtime routine
Bedtime stories for kids
Dealing with a child who leaves their bed during the night

Has your child ever suffered from childhood nightmares? How did you cope in the middle of the night? Do you have any other tips to share?

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Helen Neale

Helen is a mum to two, social media consultant, website editor and a qualified counsellor with experience of working with both children and adults.She is a registered member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapists, with her own private practise. She also freelances with her local Mind organisation.Since giving up being a business analyst when juggling travel, work and kids proved too complicated, she founded KiddyCharts so she could be with her kids, use those grey cells at the same time, and supplement her counselling income.KiddyCharts has reach of over 680k across socials and the site. The site works with big family brands to help promote their services, as well as offering free resources to parents of kids under 10. She is a specialist counsellor for neurodivergent individuals and brings this expertise to her resources and the site. She is also an ADHDer herself.KiddyCharts gives 51%+ profits to charities, focused on supporting mental health and a community in TanzaniaHelen has also worked as a digital marketing consultant (IDM qualified) with various organisations, including Channel Mum, Truprint, Talk to Mums, and Micro Scooters. She loves to be creative in the brand campaigns she works on.Get in touch TODAY!