I was just wondering if anyone has successfully used the program with their young children. I used the program around 2 1/2 years ago and it was a life saver. My 8 year old daughter has a problem sleeping, and I know its anxiety that is keeping her from sleeping. I know I'm to blame. For years I let her sleep in my room, mostly because I was having problems with anxiety. Then about 3 years ago my husband and I started to get her to sleep in her room. About 3 weeks into her being in her room, some drunk college kids threw a large piece of concrete through my bedroom window in the middle of the night. which of course scared her to death and she was back to sleeping in my room again. We have had alot of successes with getting her into her room, but everytime within 2 or 3 weeks she gets scared and wants to come back. Its just gotten to the point that I can't take it any more and I try to talk to her everynight about things that are bothering her, and even that use to work. She says everynight that she has a stomach ache or some other kind of ailment and as soon as she is in my room she feels better, that how i know she is anxious. It bothers me when she complains about not feeling good because i never know if she is telling the truth or not. She even does the same thing in school and tells them that she doesn't feel good, so she can try to come home, but now her teacher has gotten to the point where she won't let my daughter go to the nurse anymore. Even when my daughter doesn't really feel good. My daughter is an A student she is very smart. Im afraid that this is only going to get worse.

so i guess i'm asking if the program works with children. Do you go through it the same way? Make them listen to the tapes or just take notes from them and explain them? I still have all my notes from when I listened to the tapes and I still use them from time to time. Any suggestions would be great. thanx

candy

I had the same problems with my son sleeping in his own room. Bedtime was a nightmare and he would ultimately end up in bed with me. Finally, my mom gave him a tape of the rosary. Something about it soothes him to sleep (he is 9 1/2). Maybe you should try the relaxation tape on her. Maybe if she learns to breathe and relax herself she will benefit from it. Also, try to talk positive to her as much as possible. When she is having these bad thoughts, get her to talk about it and you can use your skills to make it all positive.

Good luck to you and I really hope your daughter can get through this sooner that we did.