Are your children afraid of the dark, and were you, when you were younger?

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Lots of children are afraid of the dark at first, and need a light on at night. I was such a child for a long time, and needed a light on outside my bedroom. I also got nervous in places that can suddenly go dark, such as the theatre. I overcame all this eventually, probably aged about 8 or 9, and suddenly loved the dark from then on.

I was in one house into adulthood. The house was haunted. When I left that house I was fine in the dark.