What to Do When You Dread Your Bed: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Problems with Sleep
Can bedtime feel peaceful instead of scary? Yes—and this award—winning workbook helps kids sleep soundly and confidently.

For many kids, bedtime is anything but relaxing. Noises, shadows, scary thoughts, and restless bodies can turn nighttime into a stressful experience. But sleep doesn’t have to be a struggle. With the right tools, kids can learn to calm their minds, feel safe, and drift off with ease.

What to Do When You Dread Your Bed is a comforting, interactive guide that helps kids understand their sleep—related fears and build healthy bedtime habits. Through engaging activities, colorful illustrations, and expert strategies, this workbook empowers children to take charge of their nighttime routine and get the rest they need.

Whether your child needs help calming a busy brain or facing nighttime fears, this book offers a safe, empowering path to better sleep—like magic.

Key Features:

  • Perfect for kids ages 6–12 who struggle with sleep anxiety, bedtime resistance, or nighttime fears
  • Uses proven cognitive—behavioral techniques to help kids manage worries and build calming routines
  • Addresses common sleep challenges like fear of the dark, overthinking, and dependence on parents
  • Includes a supportive guide for parents and caregivers to help children feel secure and confident
  • Part of the trusted What—to—Do Guides for Kids series—used by parents, educators, and therapists for more than 20 years
  • Award—winning resource—Recipient of the iParenting Media Award, Mom’s Choice Gold Award, and Young Voices Silver Award
  • Created by Magination Press, the children’s imprint of the American Psychological Association—leaders in children’s mental health and well—being

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What to Do When You Dread Your Bed: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Problems with Sleep
Can bedtime feel peaceful instead of scary? Yes—and this award—winning workbook helps kids sleep soundly and confidently.

For many kids, bedtime is anything but relaxing. Noises, shadows, scary thoughts, and restless bodies can turn nighttime into a stressful experience. But sleep doesn’t have to be a struggle. With the right tools, kids can learn to calm their minds, feel safe, and drift off with ease.

What to Do When You Dread Your Bed is a comforting, interactive guide that helps kids understand their sleep—related fears and build healthy bedtime habits. Through engaging activities, colorful illustrations, and expert strategies, this workbook empowers children to take charge of their nighttime routine and get the rest they need.

Whether your child needs help calming a busy brain or facing nighttime fears, this book offers a safe, empowering path to better sleep—like magic.

Key Features:

  • Perfect for kids ages 6–12 who struggle with sleep anxiety, bedtime resistance, or nighttime fears
  • Uses proven cognitive—behavioral techniques to help kids manage worries and build calming routines
  • Addresses common sleep challenges like fear of the dark, overthinking, and dependence on parents
  • Includes a supportive guide for parents and caregivers to help children feel secure and confident
  • Part of the trusted What—to—Do Guides for Kids series—used by parents, educators, and therapists for more than 20 years
  • Award—winning resource—Recipient of the iParenting Media Award, Mom’s Choice Gold Award, and Young Voices Silver Award
  • Created by Magination Press, the children’s imprint of the American Psychological Association—leaders in children’s mental health and well—being

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What to Do When You Dread Your Bed: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Problems with Sleep

What to Do When You Dread Your Bed: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Problems with Sleep

What to Do When You Dread Your Bed: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Problems with Sleep

What to Do When You Dread Your Bed: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Problems with Sleep

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Overview

Can bedtime feel peaceful instead of scary? Yes—and this award—winning workbook helps kids sleep soundly and confidently.

For many kids, bedtime is anything but relaxing. Noises, shadows, scary thoughts, and restless bodies can turn nighttime into a stressful experience. But sleep doesn’t have to be a struggle. With the right tools, kids can learn to calm their minds, feel safe, and drift off with ease.

What to Do When You Dread Your Bed is a comforting, interactive guide that helps kids understand their sleep—related fears and build healthy bedtime habits. Through engaging activities, colorful illustrations, and expert strategies, this workbook empowers children to take charge of their nighttime routine and get the rest they need.

Whether your child needs help calming a busy brain or facing nighttime fears, this book offers a safe, empowering path to better sleep—like magic.

Key Features:

  • Perfect for kids ages 6–12 who struggle with sleep anxiety, bedtime resistance, or nighttime fears
  • Uses proven cognitive—behavioral techniques to help kids manage worries and build calming routines
  • Addresses common sleep challenges like fear of the dark, overthinking, and dependence on parents
  • Includes a supportive guide for parents and caregivers to help children feel secure and confident
  • Part of the trusted What—to—Do Guides for Kids series—used by parents, educators, and therapists for more than 20 years
  • Award—winning resource—Recipient of the iParenting Media Award, Mom’s Choice Gold Award, and Young Voices Silver Award
  • Created by Magination Press, the children’s imprint of the American Psychological Association—leaders in children’s mental health and well—being


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781433803185
Publisher: Magination Press, American Psychological Association
Publication date: 12/03/2021
Series: What to Do Guides for Kids Series , #5
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 96
Product dimensions: 8.75(w) x 11.25(h) x (d)
Age Range: 6 - 12 Years

About the Author

Dawn Huebner, PhD, is a psychologist, parent coach, and the author of numerous self—help books for children. Her books have been translated into twenty—three languages, touching the lives of millions of children around the world.

Table of Contents

Introduction to Parents and Caregivers
Chapter One: A Little Magic
Chapter Two: Important Numbers
Chapter Three: The Set-Up
Chapter Four: Patterns
Chapter Five: When Fear Gets in the Way
Chapter Six: On Your Own
Chapter Seven: Bad Guys and Monsters
Chapter Eight: Busy Brains
Chapter Nine: Relaxing Your Body
Chapter Ten: Nighttime Awakenings
Chapter Eleven: Scary Dreams
Chapter Twelve: Sleep Tight
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