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Childhood Dreams Dream Meaning

Dream interpretation from 2 unique sources about Childhood Dreams

Research has shown that sensitive or gifted children tend to be more prone to dreams and nightmares. Dreams in childhood often mirror the stress and confusion that is associated with the early years of our lives. Frightening dreams or nightmares are common to children up to the age of around eight.

If you are a concerned parent, simply talking about the dream with your child can help dissipate the tension around them. Avoid the instinct to tell the child that it was just a dream and that dreams aren’t real, as this may discourage your child from confiding in you, or simply frustrate them because you don’t take it seriously. You may also have a child who dreams with their eyes open for a few seconds after the dream is over and they are awake. In general, such experiences are not signs of a disorder, but if you are concerned, talk to your doctor or a pediatrician. [1]

The following dreams are typical of childhood and mirror the stresses, experiences and questions associated with this stage in life. It is possible, however, to have one of these dreams at any stage in your life.

See also: STAGES OF LIFE. [2]

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Sources and Authors

  1. The Element Encyclopedia by Theresa Cheung [Back to dream]
  2. The Element Encyclopedia by Theresa Cheung [Back to dream]

What does Childhood dreams mean in a dream?


To return to childhood in dreams normally indicates a need for protection.It is the desire to return to the times when your mother cared for you and you didn’t have...

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The following dreams are typical of childhood and mirror the stresses, experiences and questions associated with this stage in life. It is possible, however, to have one of these dreams...

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1. Childhood issues;2. Memories of the past;3. Preparation for motherhood;4. Childhood desire; Phil. 3:13; Ruth 4:16; Luke 2:49.

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Return to mother, longing for one’s childhood, or fears from childhood.

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1. Represents your life;2. Your church life;3. Your spiritual condition;4. Old House; childhood home issues from your childhood, family of origin issue; Luke 11:24

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Thighs relate to childhood issues. Fat thighs may indicate having had to protect yourself dunng childhood from the pain of abuse.

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To dream that you are in an old hackney carriage or hack indicates a possible journey to a place in your childhood. It may be that an emotional memory from...

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One’s childhood; quiet homely feelings, rural or un­sophisticated in a business or commercial sense; past values. Village of one’s birth, childhood or home: the values and attitudes which prevailed at...

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Frequently the “great” parent or parents, ancestors, etc. Memories from childhood situations, because, from the perspective of small children, their parents seem very large.The image points to inherited or early...

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1. Aspects of the personality.2. Happy news, welcome news.3. Regression or childishness (childhood friend).4. Difficulty let­ ting go of the past (childhood friend).

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Psychological / emotional perspective: Dreaming of our parents’ funeral indicates a move towards independence, or of letting go of the past, which may be painful. We may need to let...

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A teddy bear was part of many people’s childhood experience, so in a dream it could simply be a symbol of some aspect of one’s childhood.A teddy bear can also...

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It is during childhood that we learn many of the fundamental rules and responsibilities of life. It is also the time when we develop our personalities and become increasingly socialized....

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Plucking petals from a daisy may indicate being undecided or unsure of something. It can also indicate a need to lighten up, or it may be slang for a homosexual...

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lucky numbers: 24-32-37-40-41-49date, a: are causing another a disappointment in love. elders, your: the source of your feeling abandoned is your rejection of your roots. forgotten, being: sense a wel...

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Indulging in sweets. In general, the time for sweets is in childhood, but you are still enjoying sweets. Are you longing for your childhood? Do you wish to have the...

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Childhood attitude to life or people; not taking some­thing or someone seriously, just ‘playing’ at life or love; can also show an attitude of play that is positive and creative,...

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One of the first staples of childhood comfort, a stuffed animal is primarily a symbol for affection and warmth. Your personal relationships with stuffed animals from your childhood should feature...

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Dreams of a home represents domestic stability.The shape, size, and décor of the home, is often how you see yourself.If you are uncomfortable with the home, then this indicates signs...

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Maternal and paternal instinct; your basic childhood need for love and protection or your own experience of being parented. A baby animal can refer to yourself when young and vulnerable;...

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(1) Many dreams repeat or allude to childhood experiences and impressions. Nearly all such dreams have a therapeutic purpose, giving us a clearer view of ourselves, perhaps showing us some...

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If your childhood home or a home from the past continually features in your dreams, this does not necessarily mean you are stuck in the past or long to return...

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Some people have reoccurring dreams about a small child, while others, from time to time, dream about unfamiliar children.The child in your dream could represent your inner self, or the...

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One of the most common dreams of early childhood is that there is something scary in the bedroom: a monster in the wardrobe or aliens in the corner of the...

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1. Aspects of self, thoughts and emotions not usually re­vealed to others.2. Childhood, nostalgia.

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Childhood feelings about grown-ups, especially the frightening side of parents.

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Are you turning around in Circles? Points to the days of childhood and Dance.

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1. Need for rest or relaxation.2. Escape.3. Return to childhood.

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1. Desire to return to childhood.2. Someone is leading one on a one-way trip to nowhere.

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Specific trees may be significant to you, so try and identify the feelings and associations a specific tree evokes if one appears in your dream. For example, does the magnolia...

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1. Omnipotence.2. Desire to return to childhood.3. In need of relief from stresses of life.

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Childhood family feelings; basic uncomplicated situa­tion or relationship.

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1. Joy or celebration of life.2. Longing to return to the womb.3. Childhood and innocence.

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1. Learning experience.2. Childhood memories.3. Perfor­mance anxiety.

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Flight back into childhood. In psychoanalysis, a well-known symbol for masturbation.

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Dreams of failing are common recurring dreams: failing an examination, getting your words wrong when making a speech in public, missing a train, etc.Such dreams may stem from childhood fears...

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1. Feeling something negative but not too serious, such as embarrassment.2. Reaction to stress.3. Returning to the safety of childhood.

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1. Longing for childhood days.2. Cheap, flimsy; of a lower grade.

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1. Desire to return to childhood.2. Ready to take a chance.3. Confidence in one’s ability to navigate life.

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Dreams about activities and environments associated with childhood can be either motivating or discouraging, depending on the details of your dream and how you felt. For example, if you had...

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Fun, playfulness, or spontaneity.Lightness.Your inner child (or someone else’s).Childhood.Femininity, or stereotypical feminine qualities.See Color, Red

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1. One is comfortable with showing more of one’s feelings and thoughts to others.2. One may be selling oneself “short.” 3. Longing to return to childhood.

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1. Childhood issues, often repressed.2. Rejecting imma­ture behavior.3. Secure, happy family life.

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Dreaming about being in a church is more common than most people realize. Each week I get several requests to add church to the dictionary. This may be so due...

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(1) Paradise may represent a desire to return to the innocent problem- free simplicity of early childhood.However, this is wrongheaded, because it is unrealistic. The garden of Eden prior to...

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Often associated with the carefree days of childhood buttercups with their bright yellow head represent simple pleasures and the shining optimism of the golden sun.

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1. High goals or ambitions.2. Showing ability to handle or control difficult situations.3. Longing for return to childhood.

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1. The beginning of journeys, sometimes the end.2. Plans are moving ahead well.3. Santa’s home, childhood hopes and dreams, a magical place.

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Poet William Blake stated that “progress is the punishment of God.” The life’s path is a personal experience that often involves gradual loss of childhood’s values. Age-related dreams can have...

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lucky numbers: 03-06-11-12-32-49chewing: someone wil stick by you, but not your best girl. others: may have cause to regret actions. drops: return of childhood friend. having: financial delays are indicated;...

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A variety of worries will be likely to follow a dream of one of your childhood school teachers.

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1. One seeks to return to childhood.2. If one imagines that one is a wet nurse, it may indicate that one feels she is in a relationship with someone who...

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Dreams of the number eighteen represents the turning point from childhood to adulthood. You are stepping into responsibility.

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Of little importance; feeling ‘small’; relating to childhood.See also shrink.

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Smells may be very revealing in dreams; so learn to pay attention to them. They may be particularly useful in making links with events in childhood (when odours, good or...

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1. Desire to return to childhood.2. Beware, what looks worthwhile and solid may be a come-on.3. If one has the op­portunity to go to a carnival and misses it, one...

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A dream about being in a womb could represent regression—or a desire to regress—to one’s childhood. Alternatively, it could reflect the feeling that one is being reborn in some way.

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(1) Dreams of flying may derive from childhood enjoyment of swings and see-saws and represent a longing for the freedom and joy associated with (a happy) childhood.(2) Flying may symbolize...

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Symbol: The child is a symbol of receiving unconditionally.Vision: Watching healthy children at play: success and good times. Crying, screaming, and sick children, children that are falling down or undernourished,...

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1. Fertility.2. Enthusiasm, lost youth, childhood.3. Guilt.4. Catching contagious disease in the offing (dirt on clothes).

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Ice cream is often associated with childhood. Alternatively, the dreamer may be celebrating a release of cold, repressed emotions that have melted at the heart of some situation.

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The number twenty-one represents a turning point in your life – a transition from childhood to adulthood. It also signifies that you need to be more responsible of your actions.

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A passage to a new phase in life, such as childhood to adolescence, or single to married.A new opportunity on the way.Revelation, either personal, spiritual, or universal. Astrological parallels: Scorpio,...

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lucky numbers: 02-06-17-20-21-23being given an: unhappiness at enforced childhood trauma. giving an: your love affairs wil make you sick. of the syringe used in: confusion in business. taking an, yourself:...

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Someone or something you consider powerless or unempowered, perhaps who lets others speak for them or make decisions for them.Childhood.Perceived childishness.Imagination, playfulness, or creativity.Something or someone you consider to be...

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Getting somewhere through personal effort. Depending on one’s childhood experiences, bicycles can also represent the freedom of youth. There is also an idiomatic expression, “like a fish needs a bicycle,”...

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Material aspects: If we are last in a dream there may be a situation in reality where our feelings are not being taken into account. Being the last to be...

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To see stickers in your dream, suggests your tendency to hold on and cling to your childhood. Also pay attention to what is pictured on the sticker - that may...

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To dream of blueberries indicates that you wish to revert back to the innocence of your childhood. It represents hope and positive influences. It could also reflect your current mood...

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(1) What load are you carrying through life with you? Guilt collected from childhood traumas? Whatever it is, drop it. Stop playing the martyr.(2) Is there some person on your...

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To dream of cherries indicates that your life is blessed with prosperity, happiness, and truth.To see a cherry tree symbolizes new beginnings, destiny, childhood, and female qualities.

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As a symbol of childhood, a pacifier is evidence of immaturity on the dreamer’s part: he or she wants to return to the worry-free years, thus, avoid facing the trials...

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New growth; what was latent emerging; a new stan in business or relationship; childhood or youth. Spring of wa­ter: free-flowing feelings; rejuvenating energy.See water.

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Material aspects: Dreaming of a dog depends on whether it is one known to us (such as a childhood pet), when it then may represent happy memories; if unknown it...

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1. Recalling childhood fantasies (where dwarfs are strong, reliable, yet magical beings).2. Many pleasures in the offing (friends are dwarfs).3. Smallness, unimportance (if feelings are negative).

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The symbol of Christmas cheer decorating the fireplace hearth, holly represents memories of friends, family, and the nurturing feelings associated with childhood and the holiday season.

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Witnessing the military in action in a dream may comment that you feel you are living on a battleground, perhaps with some relationship or at work. It can also represent...

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(1) A policeman may be a super-ego symbol, representing taboos stemming from childhood.(2) If someone in the dream is arrested by policemen, this may symbolize sexuality or emotions restrained by...

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Basic or essential nourishment or sustenance (physical, emotional, mental, or spiritual).Motherly support or encouragement.The sweetness of life.Childhood, childlike qualities, or innocence.See Drinking, Food, Breast, Cow

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Material aspects: When we dream of god we are acknowledging to ourselves that there is a higher power in charge. We connect with all humanity and, therefore, have a right...

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Dreaming about being little can relate to childhood or to “feeling small.” Little also finds a place in numerous idioms, any one of which might indicate the meaning of one’s...

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1. Peace and tranquility.2. Home life and childhood.3. Desire or need for creative activity.4. Solving difficult and complex problems.5. Boredom with one’s present existence.6. Desire to broaden one’s horizons.

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Vision: Seeing a child’s hoop: you are longing for the carefree games of your childhood.If the hoop is large: nurture new relationships in your life. Depth Psychology: See Circle, Ring.

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1. Reemergence of childhood anxieties or traumas, usu­ally social.2. A need for moral reassessment of behavior in business or social affairs or intimate relationships.3. Use cau­tion, reputation is in jeopardy.4....

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To dream of a crater represents different characteristics and attributes of your personality that are gradually becoming known. This dream may also be indicative of thoughts, feelings, and occurrences from...

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Being sent to the principal’s office may express worry and concern about your behavior or fear of punishment by an outside authority. It may also represent repressed childhood anxiety.

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Dreams of a calf symbolize youthful vitality, innocence, immaturity, flexibility, inexperience, and connection with your own childhood and vulnerability.If you dream of a white calf, then your prayers are being...

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