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What is separation anxiety? A feeling of anxiety that occurs when leaving home and saying goodbye to important people, such as parents and carers. This can also be called feeling homesick. It can be experienced by children of any age, though is more common in younger children. The anxiety cycle Anxious thoughts can lead to anxious feelings - sick,
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Separation Anxiety Disorder occurs when fears about separating from parents become severe and negatively impact the lives of children and their families. Children with separation anxiety disorder worry excessively about separation from parents in ways that are not typical for their age.
Separation anxiety typically begins when a child is approximately 7 months old and is usually felt most strongly when a child is between 10 months and 18 months old. But children can still experience great fear about being separated from their parents when they are as old as 5 or 6.
Separation Anxiety Disorder is intense worry over being away from a loved one. Children with separation anxiety disorder worry that something bad will happen to their loved one, usually a parent, and can become upset, fearful, or feel sick when they have to be apart from their parent.
The most important step in helping your child or teen manage separation anxiety is to face fears. This includes avoided situations or places. For children with separation anxiety, some typical fear ladders might involve gradually sleeping alone in his or her own room, staying at school for the whole day, or reducing reassurance seeking.
In early childhood, crying, tantrums, or clinginess are healthy reactions to separation and a normal stage of development. Separation anxiety can begin before a child’s first birthday, and may pop up again or last until a child is four years old.
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Throughout this booklet we will discuss possible signs of anxiety that your child may display and helpful guidance and strategies that they can use with your encouragement. The goal is not to get rid of all anxiety but to learn how to manage it. When your child can learn to tolerate anxious feelings they can function better in
