The other day I dropped Parker off at school. The drop off didn’t go very well…..he cried when I was about to leave and held onto me. The teacher had to come over and get him so I could leave. Those kind of drop offs are ohhh so hard, even though I know the minute I leave he is perfectly fine. But all us moms know how hard it can be……..
When I picked Parker up from school, I asked him:
“why did you cry when I left this morning”
Parker said -
“mom, it sucks when you leave”
I think that pretty much summed it up. I didn’t even say anything about the “bad word” because sometimes in life using “bad words” may be the only way to describe something.
Love you buddy.
Lena,
Here is a tactic that has worked with ALL my grandkids! The little ones literally “push me out the door.” When they start to cry, or act out, the teachers and I give them a task. For example, I say, “Gigi, please push grandma out the door!” I stand by the door with the door open, and the grandkids, walk over to me, I am turned around so they can push my backside or my legs or whatever, and they push me out the door, I quietly, and quickly close the door and never say another word. DONE. Sometimes they are responding to my sadness upon leaving them, and they pick those feelings up. I even do this when I leave katie’s house, or Julie’s house, not just school. “Grandma has to go, who is pushing me out the door?” The oder they are, the less they do it. Aunt Jane
Thanks for the advice Jane! I’ll have to consider doing something like that….
Great idea Jane. Thanks.