8 Smart Ways to Ease Your Toddler's Separation Anxiety

Even though it may feel like your child is the only one barricading himself against the daycare doors, you're not alone. Reading classic books that tackle school separation anxiety, like Anna Dewdney's Llama Llama Misses Mama or Audrey Penn's The Kissing Hand, will not only give you and your little one a way to talk about how it feels to be apart, but it can spark new ways to deal with it. Once your sweetie knows the story, try telling him each morning, "I always come back, just like Mama Llama does."

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