Thanks for the help regarding sleep/fear issues....

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My 8 year old son was terribly afraid to go to sleep alone, and the solution

turned out for us to simply lay down and 'sleep with him' when he is ready for

bed. I think it took 2-3 weeks of one of us physically sleeping in his room all

night, but now he typically falls asleep in 5-10 minutes, and then it is okay

for us to leave the room. The added security of us being in a bed alongside him

when he goes to sleep has really cut down on him waking up afraid in the middle

of the night as well.