Helping Your Kids Deal With Separation Anxiety
It’s Friday date night for Mindy and Stan, but little Jeremy wouldn’t let go and just had his arms curled around mom’s 2 legs. Even when Karen, the babysitter tried to convince Jeremy that everything will be alright, he just kept holding on to Mindy even tighter.
Karen grabbed his hand lightly and put him on top of his kiddie-ups cowboy rocking horse and that relaxed him a little bit. Mindy and Stan took that chance to head out, but not without a tinge of guilt for leaving Jeremy behind.
As parents, sooner or later, we would have to deal with our children’s separation anxiety as they step onto a world where mom and dad can’t be with them all the time. We can help them through these difficult times and make it less stressful for them and for us as well. The worst a parent can do is to sneak out without saying good-bye, according to this one parenting blog. That will make it even more difficult for our toddlers, who will cry even more once he finds out mom or dad’s not there anymore.
If we set a routine that our toddler would be accustomed to, we would be helping him get used to the idea that there has to be times when we can’t be with them. For example, if you have fixed Friday night schedules, remind him of it at least a day in advance and talk him out of his fears. That way, there won’t be unnecessary fits or tantrums before you leave and you won’t have to leave feeling guilty all the time.
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