Nightmares!!!

Almost everyone I've come into contact with has had a nightmare at least once in their life.  The clown that locks you in a cage and torments you.  The falling dream, the underpants in the classroom, etc... Then you run to your parental figures room to ask if you can sleep with them.  Its the same scenario over and over again.  Try this... (its sort of a reverse psychology technique) if there's a scary thing thats bothering the child in the nightmare, try to convince them that they're an ally,  almost a team as it were to do a task that is positive.  Maybe they pretend its an old friend thats bothering them and you're telling them "Not today man, I'm really tired.  Isn't the wife wondering where you are."  Things of that sort.  So you don't end up an elder person asking for their mommy.  Its not a pretty scene... any other advice, feel free to ask Tickle the Hand...  Pleasant dreams....