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[quote=Anonymous]OP, my DS (who is almost 9) has a similar issue with being fine turning out lights and going to sleep at the appointed time most of the time, but then having issues with it once in a while, saying he's scared or nervous or just asking if I can stay while he falls asleep. My rule is that as long as he is resting calmly and trying to sleep, I will stay. It happens so infrequently that I assume there's something going on underneath it, such as having read a book that has him spooked or something upsetting happening at school that he didn't tell me about, so I give him the bit of extra comfort. But, again, he has to be doing his part to fall asleep or else I leave the room. When I started agreeing to it I was concerned it might lead him to ask more and more, but the opposite happened -- the most willing I was to give him the extra company he was asking for, the less often he felt the need to ask. I bring an ipad with me and sit in a place where the light won't be shining on him and he can't see it, and then I can answer email and stuff while he falls asleep.[/quote]

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