What to Do When You Dread Your Bed: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Problems With Sleep (What to Do Guides for Kids) by Dawn Huebner

by Bonnie Matthews

iParenting Media Award WinnerMom's Choice Award Gold Recipient for Self Improvement Young Voices Silver Award, Children's InteractiveThis interactive self-help book is the complete resource for educating, motivating, and empowering children to fall asleep and stay asleep.Wouldn't it be great if you could climb into bed, snuggle under your covers, and fall asleep without any fuss or fear? Without listening for noises or thinking about bad guys? Without an extra drink, or an extra hug, or an extra trip to the bathroom?Bedtime is tough for many kids. If you're a kid who dreads your bed, and you're convinced that nothing short of magic will make nighttime easier, this book is for you.What to Do When You Dread Your Bed guides children and their parents through the cognitive-behavioral techniques used to treat problems with sleep. Fears, busy brains, restless bodies, and overdependence on parents are all tackled as children gain the skills they need for more peaceful nights. This interactive self-help book is the complete resource for educating, motivating, and empowering children to fall asleep and stay asleep — like magic!This book is part of the Magination Press What-to-Do Guides for Kids series and includes an “Introduction to Parents and Caregivers.” What-to-Guides for Kids are interactive self-help books designed to guide 6–12 year olds and their parents through the cognitive-behavioral techniques most often used in the treatment of various psychological concerns. Engaging, encouraging, and easy to follow, these books educate, motivate, and empower children to work towards change.

Genres: Parenting, Nonfiction, Childrens, Self Help

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Reviews

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was helpful in finding ways to help Grady get to sleep at night. We read it together and practiced together. It's great because it not only addresses fears, but also quieting the mind and restless bodies.

Definitely recommend.

[Katherine · Rating 5 out of 5]

Evan LOVED this book, so I did as well! He had brought up the issue (not wanting tone scared at night) so he was very receptive. We laugh and get so silly reading it, the scariness goes away!

[Chuck · Rating 5 out of 5]

Highly recommend if you have a child with trouble getting to and staying in bed. Uses magic and great techniques.

[Anna · Rating 5 out of 5]

Since I really liked What to Do When You Worry Too Much, I'm now reading the rest of the series. As a perpetually sleep-deprived adult, I hoped I might find some good stuff in this book. (It seems like children's books are my best self-help tool right now.) While you could say this book is all common-sense advice, it's laid out in a very clear way that encourages kids and parents to work together to solve a child's sleep problems. While a lot of the sleep problems don't apply to my adult life, I plan to follow the book's instructions for creating a bedtime routine. The step-by-step description of a good bedtime routine is really helpful for people like me who feel stuck in a bad routine.

[Audrey · Rating 3 out of 5]

While the tips and tricks in the books may be helpful, it's nothing that isn't really common knowledge (at least for myself). The way it was presented wasn't any more helpful to me than having the knowledge myself. Granted, my child is younger than the ages this book is geared towards, we had started off using all these bedtime routines prior to get refusal to go to sleep or sleep in her own bed anyway.

[Dawn Murray · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was fantastic, helping our autistic son to get into a proper sleep schedule. We have previously used various different sensory aids and techniques to no avail. Following this book had both of my children sleeping through the night, all night! Other parents of autistic children can understand just how life changing this book was to us!

[Alicia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent and easy read to kids. Not only for kids with fears, but for kids with busy minds and fidgety bodies at night. Has kid-friendly wording and tips for relaxing. Older kids will understand everything, but I can definitely use parts for the 3-6 range.

[Stephanie]

Good ideas to work on with Sylas....I will reserve my rating until the boy is falling asleep on his own!

[Ashley · Rating 5 out of 5]

These books are easy to read with kids and offer SKILLS to practice. Used by my kids therapist! excellent!

[Jen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was able to adapt a lot of this for my 3 year old.

[Lucy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great for kids who have trouble with sleep issues! Has lots of great activities to help parents/ guardians to build up a routine that works for their kids' sleep schedules.

[Amanda]

Unfinished. We read this at our counselor's advice and it was a good book for kids and their parents to look critically at fears of/ about/ around bedtime.

[Steph · Rating 4 out of 5]

It’s a good book for older kids to understand the basics of going to sleep BUT it is a lot of writing for smaller kids to chew so not sure it would work for most - I’d recommend have a sample first and see if your kid would be able to take it all in

[Amanda · Rating 5 out of 5]

Astoundingly effective!

[Libbydale · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think I've found a book that mayhelp us with our kiddo's going to sleep issues-i hope!