A sick child in a dream is read as worry about something vulnerable in your care — a person, a project or your own tender side. Nursing the child back to health is taken as hope and a capacity to protect, while being unable to help points to a feeling of powerlessness. Dreaming that your own real child is ill is a very common expression of parental love and fear. A stranger’s sick child may stand for your inner child asking for attention. Tradition sees it as anxiety and protectiveness, not as a message about health.
Does the traditional reading fit your dream, or did it mean something else to you?
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