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This is a 5 page paper discussing dreams, nightmares and night terrors in children. Children may dream as early as infancy but it is not until the age of 3 or 4 that most children report having dreams. Even at this stage, the children believe the dreams are external to their existence. From the ages 5 to 12 however about 20 to 39 percent of children report having nightmares. While night terrors are just single startling images for a child and are usually forgotten, nightmares are considered bad dreams. When nightmares occur parents should communicate with the child, provide a safe sleeping environment and in the worse possible cases of constant recurring nightmares, seek professional therapy to aid the child.
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occur. However, most children do not start reporting dreams and nightmares until about the age of 3 or 4 and at this stage still believe the dreams occur externally from
them. Children from the ages 5 to 12 experience the most dreams and this diminishes as the child matures into adolescence. However, this is also the time when 20 to
39 percent of children experience nightmares and night terrors. During the occurrence of nightmares and night terrors, parents are recommended to communicate with the child and talk about the nightmare
and in most cases, providing a safe sleeping environment will be sufficient in alleviating any worries in the child. In extreme cases however when the child experiences recurring nightmares and
remains sleepy during the day, professional therapy may be recommended to make sure that there are no problems in the childs life which may be causing these nightmares.
Many children as young as 3 and 4 years old, some recorded at earlier ages, have dreams as reported from various longitudinal studies involving REM
(rapid eye movement) awakenings in dream laboratories. As children grow into adults, their dreams become more complex and although the study of childrens dreams has been limited, researchers continue to
ask themselves about the content and severity of childrens dreams (Murray, 1995). Most childrens and adult dreams occur during REM sleep mode and since it has been determined that children
as young as infants experience REM, it has often been wondered if even infants experience dreams. Once children are around the age of two, they can partially explain what they
have been dreaming about and in children 4 1/2 to around 7 years of age it has been determined that they experience approximately three to four hours of REM sleep
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