What should a parent do if a child starts screaming everytime his mother leaves him?

Answer 1

Give him hugs and kisses and just leave. He'll eventually get used to it. I never had any problems with leaving my daughter in daycare...she's very social and makes new friends easily.

Answer 2

Tell him (or her) where you are going and that you will be back. Then give him a big hug and leave. Whatever you do, DO NOT turn around and come back in response to the tantrum. This just tells him that tantrums WORK and re-enforces the behavior. It's hard to listen to your child screaming for you, but if you let the child condition you to respond to a tantrum, you are in big trouble! Right now we do daycare for my 3-year-old grandson (he and his Dad live with us) and he used to throw a tantrum every time his Dad left the house -- for about 2 minutes. Then he would quit and go play with his toys. Lately he has not had so many tantrums because A) we ignore them and B) he has learned that his Daddy does come back. Periodically during the day he will ask where Daddy is and we say, "He went to work" and that satisfies him. We also found that he was less upset if he could watch Daddy get into the car and drive away -- apparently it does not seem so much like he just disappeared into nowhere.

Answer 3

Children go through separation anxiety several times thought their childhood. It's a phase. The best thing you can do is act happy when you leave and even happier when you come back. Don't sneak out and don't make good bye last forever. If you say goodbye and your child starts to cry, just go. Don't linger. Chances are 2 mins after your gone, he's playing with the babysitter and having a grand time.

Answer 4

Someone needs to keep the child's attention off of the mother so she will be able to get out the door.as long as the child doesn't see the mother leave he or she will not cry or only for a second.

Answer 5

Let him know that you will be back, give him a kiss, say I love you, byebye, and leave. Don't worry. You aren't going to damage his psyche by doing this. It is just a phase, and he will get over it soon, hopefully. It may help to tell him bye, then have the babysitter/caregiver distract him with a toy, and while he is distracted, slip out the door. He may not even notice you've left. Good luck.

Answer 6

seperation anxiety.....its normal. The best thing to do is say good-bye, give a quick hug and kiss and then walk away. If you make a scene out of it, it will be worse. Once the child realizes that mom will be back, it will ease up. Good luck

Answer 7

Every time you give in to inappropriate behavior, you just make it more likely in the future, and stronger.

No matter what the child is very upset over, wait until the child is over the fit, and then reward it for calming down. In short order, you will get more reasonable responses to his/her frustrations.

But remember, the worse the behavior is, the more disadvantageous it will be for you to give in. You MUST wait until the tantrum is over, no matter how long or unruly it is, to be engaging.

Answer 8

just give him a hug and with a really big smile (like he's going to have a lot of fun) wave goodbye..
then just leave because within 10 minutes.. he'll stop crying. guaranteed. and if he doesn't.. then you need to have a talk to with him, or at least find a better method of distracting him while you're leaving.

Answer 9

Depending on how old your child is this is normal. Its call separation anxiety. It is something that all children go through at different stages in there life.

Answer 10

Hug and kiss him and leave. He will figure out that you are coming home.

My son does that and is fine 2 minutes after I walk out the door (probably a guilt trip!)

Answer 11

Give him some thing else to do becuze my little brother does that all the time i take him away & do some thing else with him out side or away from mom & then give him some thing to do like play with him & he will stop but you need to make him or her know that they can't all ways be with thier mom or daddy