When children feel anxious about being away from their parents and carers this can sometimes be called separation anxiety. And while this is a very uncomfortable feeling it is also a vital one. The main job of separation anxiety is to keep our important people close to us. S mall humans, in particular, are very dependent on the kindness and care of others for survival. Separation anxiety keeps small humans close to big humans until they are ready and able to manage things by themselves. The reason separation anxiety creates such havoc is when and where is shows up! Specifically, when it decides to show up in situations that are perfectly safe and stops our young people from doing the things that are important for their development. Separation anxiety can feel dreadful for our young people and as a parent this is hard. But if we feel confident that the situation is safe it is SO important that we support them to separate from us. Not supporting this and allowin