In what ways do you support the parent and child to deal with separation anxiety?

I found something that over powers the desire to be somewhere else or around someone greatly diminishes anxiety. For example, make sure your child has a desirable video game or movies to be enthralled in. Cant be anxious if its not even on your mind.In what ways do you support the parent and child to deal with separation anxiety?
Like most things, it depends on why.





Is the child nervous because they worry?





Or because they simply haven't been away from you?





Or because something specific in the new environment scares them?





Different reasons need different approaches.


If they worry about being away from you, show them that the other people will care for them, and the fun they can have on their own. They trust your judgment, so make sure they know that someone else will bare for them.





One of my friends is scared of buttons. I'm serious, it is odd. But imagine how hard school and preschool was for her. She is completely terrified of them. a true phobia, not just a dislike.


Her mom didn't figure that one out for a while.





In general though, just remind and reassure the child that the separation is temporary, that you'll be back soon, and you'll do something nice afterwards.





Reassure them that they're still loved.


Kids minds don't work like ours, they're very black and white. They might think that if you're going then you don't like them anymore.


Like i say for most things though, children are not stupid. Talk to them, ask them and respond to them. Don;'t just dismiss their fears because they're a child.


Their fears are still fears, just as scary as yours. In what ways do you support the parent and child to deal with separation anxiety?
My concern is with what i have read in the others answers, we are going to have some really screwed up children or some perfectly normal children.


my suggestion would be,


to be there for them, assure them if they need you will be there for them


, i know this is impossible in most cases,


but perhaps when they get with other children they will soon loose that feeling,


I remember my first Job . i was in a room with 32 others even as an adult i had fear of the unknown. after we began to speak, it all disappeared we are the same as children, but in a more sutler way, we as children always look for a stronger person to help them get by we adult fall under the same idea but most likely get over it sooner and become our own leaders.
Negative emotions (like sadness, stress, anger, etc.) causes your Serotonin production to be low; when your Serotonin level is low, you are more prone to getting Anxiety, Panic Attacks, Depression, etc.





Medication like Antidepressants (SSRI - Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor) helps to boost Serotonin level.


But there are natural ways to do it without medication. There's this strange herb called ';St John's Wort'; - it is said to be more effective than Prozac. No, it is not for mild depression only and ignore those sayings. In fact, it does help anxiety and panic-attacks as St John's Wort works like prozac. Other natural ways will be exercise, diet, more exposure to light, etc.





The problem is that, even if your Serotonin is balanced... you have that ';learned behavior'; in your mind. You need to break that initial cycle to destroy that learned behavior - Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) does this. A technique that you can use without CBT will be Distraction... There are several other techniques to help cope them!


Ok, to use Distraction: Firstly, try to....





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I think it depends on how old the child is and what are the reasons for separation anxiety?


I think the best support anyone can do is to just be there for them and make no judgements.


ok well that makes it a little easier to answer.


I think it depends on what the parents want to do, If they are nervous then the child will be as well as children pick up from the parents. So really if the parent either the mum or dad are calm and happy with dropping their child off then usually that is a big help. Sometimes children like to have a bit of a play with mum or dad first before dropping them off. You may find the ones that just dump and run their kids could be a little more high strung. I suppose with new people comming to your centre you could always mention that to help make things easier for both baby /child and parent is if they could come in for the first week for a play 5 or 10 mins explain what you understand and why this is best.

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