If your child cries at daycare drop-off or at pick up you are NOT alone. Separation anxiety is one of the most common challenges I see in babies, toddlers, and preschoolers - and while it can feel heartbreaking, it’s also a normal and healthy stage of development. This child is showing restraint collapse in the video-crying upon reunion but it also can be a form of separation anxiety: relief and emotional floodgates seeing their caregiver. Cries likely were happening at drop off too. Around 9 mo
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If your child cries at daycare drop-off or at pick up you are NOT alone. Separation anxiety is one of the most common challenges I see in babies, toddlers, and preschoolers - and while it can feel heartbreaking, it’s also a normal and healthy stage of development. This child is showing restraint collapse in the video-crying upon reunion but it also can be a form of separation anxiety: relief and emotional floodgates seeing their caregiver. Cries likely were happening at drop off too. Around 9 mo
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