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What to Do When You Dread Your Bed

A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Problems With Sleep

Dawn Huebner author Bonnie Matthews illustrator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:American Psychological Association

Published:15th Feb '08

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What to Do When You Dread Your Bed cover

iParenting Media Award Winner
Mom's Choice Award Gold Recipient for Self Improvement 
Young Voices Silver Award, Children's Interactive


This interactive self-help book is the complete resource for educating, motivating, and empowering children to fall asleep and stay asleep.

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!

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.

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-Do 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.

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iParenting Media Award Winner

Mom's Choice Award 2009 Gold Recipient for Self Improvement (Ages 9–12)

2009 Young Voices Award, Children's Interactive (Silver)

"Dr. Huebner has written a fun, invaluable book for parents and their children who dread going to bed. Her use of magic tricks and games to help children overcome their bedtime fears are engaging and unique. A 'must have' guide for parents and children who want to improve and create healthier sleep habits."—Kim West, LCSW-C, The Sleep Lady®, author of Good Night, Sleep Tight

"What to Do When You Dread Your Bed is a lifesaver for parents and children struggling with bedtime anxiety. Full of practical solutions for a range of sleep problems, as well as creative (and fun!) problem-solving suggestions, this guide will turn bedtime tears and fears into sweet dreams and peaceful, restful nights."—Judith Owens, MD, director, Pediatric Sleep Disorders Clinic, Hasbro Children's Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island; co-author of Take Charge of Your Child's Sleep: The All-in-One Guide to Solving Sleep Problems in Kids and Teens

ISBN: 9781433803185

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

96 pages