What is "sleep talking"?

What is "sleep talking"?

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Sleep talking is a type of parasomnia and it's just like all the others, it basically involves just doing something, some type of movement at night whilst asleep. In the case of sleep talking, it's simply talking in your sleep. What should be done about it? Nothing really. It's usually difficult to understand what children are saying anyway when they sleep talk, so it might make interesting listening for the parent, but really, a child sleep talking should be of no concern as there's really nothing to do about it.