Imagination, Fear, And Nightmares In Young Children During Halloween
Halloween and associated activities can get the adrenaline pumping in any of us but it can be especially scary and real to young children. Kids between the ages of two and four are still learning to distinguish between what is pretend and what is real. They have not yet developed the cognitive capacity to differentiate that on their own. Everything that enters their brains is treated equally at this age. And that can spill over into their dreams.