Having Trouble Bonding With Your Kids? How to Solve the 9 Most Common Problems

If you're nervous about how your child will fare at day care, preschool, or kindergarten, do some prep work in socializing. "Imprint the cause and effects of bonding with people besides you," Sears said. "That way, the child goes to school already having learned that other people are fun to be with because you've imprinted that."