
07/24/2025
Transitions can be hard! Separation anxiety, demand avoidance, generalized anxiety - all of these challenges and so many more can show up around transitions! Managing transitions can be an important growth opportunity for our kids - and us as parents/caregivers!
There needs to be a balance of firmness with flexibility in what works for our child. Transitions do require firm limits, but the magic is in finding the balance between:
1. Not being too rigid within those limits
2. OR too flexible in that we give our kids too much control.
Our kids need to go out into the world in order to grow into their full potential! They need the community, challenges, opportunities, and novelty that separating from home brings. We can't control what happens to them out there. But we can control what happens to them with us. We can create a safe place for them to come back home too.
When we can see our role in transitions and let go of parts that are out of our control - what our kids need all of a sudden becomes much more clear.