You don’t need a plan or a script tonight, just a few honest sentences you can say out loud, right when it counts.
“I'm right down the hall, and the dark can't change that.”
“Let's find one friendly shadow together before you close your eyes.”
“Your night light stays on for as long as you need it.”
Meeting the dark slowly, instead of arguing the fear away, is what actually helps it fade.
In their story, a character gets to know the dark a little at a time, until the same shadows and sounds that felt scary start to feel almost familiar.
It ends with a slow, easy drift toward sleep, where the dark has turned from something to fight into something to keep them company.
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