When I was real young I would have alot of stuffed animals on my bed and I thought they protected me from nightmares. I actually stopped having them because of this. I also actually can remember a couple lucids from my childhood. I remember knowing I was dreaming and being a little rebellious in them, but I had no idea of the potential of a lucid nor really what it was. I also used to enter sleep paralysis all the time and force myself awake and wonder wtf was going on. I probably missed out on 100 WILDs over my life, lol.