My son is 6, and I've just been encouraging him to share his dreams with me. We've made it part of our normal morning ritual as we get ready for the day. This way, I find it fairly innocuous, but still shows him that I am interested, and allows us to bond under the whole "boy, dreams sure are interesting, huh?" category.
He already knows that I keep a Dream Journal, and when we share our dreams, I rarely "cater" mine to him (okay, I'm not going to be going into detail about *everything* per se, but if it is a scary dream, for example, I'll tell him I had a scary dream, and give him a bit of info on it.)
Because it is already such a part of our normal ritual, I don't see the idea of teenage rebellion coming into play. I think it's the same for us as for people who pray before they eat their meal.
As he gets older, if he talks about having a particularly nasty nightmare, I'll bring up the idea of lucidity. This allows him the chance to explore it for himself beforehand (read: without my influence), and gives a more natural setting in which to discuss it - going right along with the non-issue our dream discussions have already had.
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