If you’re feeling anxious, try explaining what you’re doing to your future self. Works for my 4 year old.

Every night a my four year old gets scared and is convinced someone’s in the room. We’ve checked countless times and he always knows nothing is there. <br><br>One night I said “I’ve checked the room, and there’s nothing here, I’m even going to talk to our future selves about it.” I then pretend to be my son four years from now asking if a monster was under his bed, and reply that nothing’s there. <br><br>He seemed to take a load off, and now whenever he’s scared he just makes his future self ask and he seems to take comfort in it.