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How to Comfort Your Child's Fears Without Dismissing Reality

My four-year-old keeps asking if the monsters in her dreams are real and I don't know how to comfort her without lying about the scary things that actually exist.

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A parent seeks to provide security while grappling with the impossible task of protecting innocence in a genuinely dangerous world.

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