The Dreams of Children
Denyse Beaudet, Ph.D.
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter One: Listening to the Dreamers
Chapter Two: What Boys and Girls Dream About
Children’s Dreams: Diverse and Alterable
The Contents of the Dreams
Gender Differences: Themes, Settings, Responses to Challenges
Chapter Three: Strategies for Encountering the Monster
Goal and Nature of the Actions Used
Allies, Magical Help, Weapons
Gender Differences
Centering on Three Strategies: Combat,Taming, and Engulfment
Chapter Four: Amplifying Children’s Dream Series
The Dynamic Dimension of Dreams
The Jungian Method of Amplification
Steps in Amplifying the Dreams
The Nature of Symbols
The Signifying Reading of Dreams
Using Amplification with the Dreams of Children
Rendering the Children’s Accounts of Dreams
Chapter Five: The Combat with the Monster
Chapter Six: The Taming of the Monster
Chapter Seven: The Engulfment by the Monster
Chapter Eight: The Monster as Initiator
The Mystery of the Monster
Children’s Tasks for Growing Up
Female Initiation, Male Initiation
From Childhood to Adulthood
Chapter Nine: Steps toward Oneiric Education
Letting the Dreams of Children Educate Us
Guiding Children in the Art of Dreaming
Appendix: The Evolving Theory and Research on Children’s Dreams
Notes
References
Index
