What research shows
Not measured; children appear frequently in the dreams of parents, tracking waking attention.
People
Responsibility for someone still forming — child dreams concern the future more than the child..
What research shows
Not measured; children appear frequently in the dreams of parents, tracking waking attention.
The psychological reading
Reported during periods of worry about provision or protection, and the child's age in the dream is often younger than in life.
Not among the 55 themes ever measured — searched 900 times a month. Which dreams have been counted →
The version matters
Most dream dictionaries give one meaning for the whole symbol. In practice the specific version carries most of the information — losing every tooth and losing one tooth are not the same dream.
How to record a dream, why the feeling matters more than the content, and when recurring nightmares are worth a doctor rather than a dictionary — set out once on the main page.
How the dream felt matters more than what was in it. The same image can arrive as comfort or as threat, and that difference tells you more than any entry in a dictionary — including this one.