9 yo ds is a worrier, especially around bedtime. DH and I have spent many hours talking to him trying to reassure him and help get things into perspective, but he seems to try anything, no matter how preposterous, to keep us in his room talking instead of settling down for sleep - he says the worries are always worse when he's on his own at night. I've seen a couple of similar threads recently and read some good advice there - as has been said before it's hard to know whether spending lots of time talking about it to try to reassure, or being brisk and distracting him is best.
He's got 2 sleep/relaxation CDs, one of which helps a bit and the other he won't listen to because he finds the soothing music too 'annoying'.
Just wondered if anyone knew of a good book aimed at his age group which explains worrying and offers techniques to help him deal with it himself.