They are called
night terrors, and clearly, they can be terrors for the parents as well. A
night terror is a situation where a child will wake up. The child actually
could be fine and then will wake up about half an hour or 45 minutes in his
sleep screaming wildly. They’re screaming because they really don’t know what’s
going on. They look right past you. They have no idea what the issue is. The
problem with a night terror is that it often scares the parents. What you have
to do is just control the child from hurting themselves, and it will go away.