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Coping with the Goodbye Drama: 7 Tips to Ease Daycare Drop-off

Coping with the Goodbye Drama: 7 Tips to Ease Daycare Drop-off

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Rebecca Gardner

It's good to know that we shouldn't linger too long after we drop off our child at daycare in the…

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s a home-based day care provider, I am often asked for my best advice to help ease the “goodbye drama” that sometimes happens when a parent leaves his or her child at day care. For new parents, this is a big concern. Will my child cry? Will my child suffer? Will my child understand?

My answer is always the same, “It depends on your child’s age and it may actually be harder on you than on them.” Of course, this doesn’t mean your child won’t cry or cling onto you or sometimes even melt down for a moment, but it does mean that this transition from parent to child care provider or teacher is usually fleeting and absolutely dramatized.

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