Fear of the dark is a common phobia seen in children that can greatly affect their sleep. In this episode we will:define fear of the darkdifferentiate between nyctophobia (fear of the night), scotophobia (fear of the dark/what the dark could be hiding),  or lygophobia (fear of twilight)describe the ages that it commonly presents, peaks, and disappearslist some causes of fear of the darkunderstand why there may be an evolutionary cause for the disorderdiscuss treatments aimed at minimizing fear of the dark and its impact on sleepProduced by: Maeve WinterMore Twitter: @drchriswinter IG: @drchriwinter Threads: @drchriswinter Bluesky: @drchriswinter The Sleep Solution and The Rested Child Thanks for listening and sleep well!

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