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Dealing with separating from your youngs child: Five tips

Dealing with separating from your youngs child: Five tips

January 16, 2018 by Rafael Richman

Is your child distressed when you separate from her at school/gan ? 

Here are five useful tips:

  1.  Ensure that your child feels safe and secure in his gan/school setting.  They need to be comfortable with the Gan, Gannenet, teacher,  and ideally feel adequately “attached” to one of the teachers.   This allows them to let go of you/parent, and connect/attach with one of the teachers at the school/gan.
  2. Don’t prolongue the separation.  Make the morning goodbye relatively brief.   The longer you continue to hang around, the more difficult it can be for both of you to say a quite and pleasant goodbye. 
  3. Provide your child with a transitional object – something that they take from home, or something that reminds them of you/parent [picture, doll, etc..].  This is for them to “keep” you with them during their day at gan/school.
  4. Create structured and consistent daily morning routines.  The more structure and consistency, the more the child feels in control, knows and can predict what happens, and has a stronger sense of security and reliability.  …the easier the transitions and separations. 
  5. Prepare your child.  Inform the child ahead of time of what will happen, and be clear with them that you will see them again [at a specific time], after lunch, etc.. Knowledge helps your child feel secure and gives them a sense of being in control .  

 

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