The issue I get asked about the most by parents is separation anxiety.   What we usually mean by this is that the child feels anxious when they are being separated from their parents, and that this can happen in lots of different scenarios. Being dropped off at school, going to sleepovers, parents going out to work or a way for a night, and probably most common: being on their own in their room at night time.   If I can get technical for a moment, the reason the phrase “separ

When someone we love is anxious, often the first thing we do is to try and make it better. Sometimes that means we try to jolly them...