9 Tips For Helping Your Child Deal With Nightmares

After all is said and done, the best thing you can do for your child is empower them so that they feel like they are as much in control of their fear as possible. Have them draw pictures of the scary scene in their dream and then crumple it up and toss it in the garbage, or encourage them to change the ending of their dreams to something funny so that they can perceive what they once feared as something silly and not scary (think Harry Potter and his friends learning the "Riddikulus" charm!).