Any parent will have experienced that moment when you are leaving your young child at kindergarten or a play date, the child sees you departing and their face folds into utter angst and they bellow in emotional pain. Separation anxiety is a huge wallop of emotion for both the parent and the child. Both suffer – the parent feels guilt and the child feels a sense of complete annihilation! Over time, children will typically learn that that the object of their desire (the soft toy or blankie) or the person who brings them succour
11 Dec 2016
