NIGHTMARES IN CHILDREN YSDN 4004 Workshop | Mei Tong | March 24, 2014
RESEARCH The purpose of the project is to study NIGHTMARES. To find out how it affects the sleeping cycles of children. In order to help understand the importance of sleep in a child’s growth.
75% Around 75% of An estimate of 10 to 50% children remember of children age 3-5 years having at least one have nightmares severe nightmare during enough to wake parents childhood. along with themselves.
TARGET AUDIENCE 5 3-5 years old 3 Parents
PROBLEM The cause of fear or anxiety varies from child to child. Nightmares are a common issue that interrupts a child from getting the required amount of sleep needed.
OBJECTIVE To create a product that will ease and comfort a child’s anxieties in order to reduce the number of nightmares so they can receive the necessary amount of sleep in order to grow and develop both physically and mentally.
Dream Buddies will ease your child’s anxiety by targeting specific fears that may trigger nightmares. Each buddie provides comfort, saving parents from comforting their child personally and allowing both parent and child to get uninterrupted sleep.
DELIVERABLES 3 Books 3 Plushes
Book Reinforces the powers of each monster to the child reading and will end the night with a bedtime story. Plush Replace the role of the parent and provides safety for the child.
Its transparent like body makes anything it covers invisible. The perfect buddy to help you hide. Protect you PURPOSE Children can wear it like a cape to become invisible during the day. Or they can spread it out and use it as a blanket. SHAPE Eyes Mouth Feet
His whole body glows to keep the dark away. Fights fear The light reveals that the of darkness unknown isn’t so scary. PURPOSE For children to hug at night and lights up. SHAPE Hair Wispys Face Arms Legs FRONT SIDE BACK
Blocks Looks big and intimidating, entrances but is actually goofy. of where monsters At first scared everyone, but live later uses his big body and voice to scare the monsters PURPOSE away by singing. “ Creepy monsters in the night, scary noises out of sight. You can’t scare me tonight, ” .....(working on it) Placed in locations where monsters can creep through. Plays melody/voice to soothe children to sleep. SHAPE Horns Ear Legs
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