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[quote=Anonymous]When my DS was that age he had a similar reactions. I would create little "books" that talked about how I was getting there (train, car, air) with pictures, then pictures and words about the city I was going to - visuals so he could see and think about the city. Then I would give him an idea of my day when I was there. He loved the little "books" and started to look forward to me going for the book. I also found that although I missed him call or sky ping him made things worse - however texting or emailing messages to my DH that could be read to him worked better. My DS was and still is very schedule driven so anything that changed his schedule got him anxious. He also acknowledged that he was worried Daddy would forget to pick him up, or take him to soccer etc. So I began working with him to create "his" schedule for his dad - lots of pictures, also created a list of his favorite foods, nightly routines etc. It seemed once he felt in "control" things went better. It seems like I was doing a lot of work for a short trip but honestly I only remember it being an issue in Kindergarten and part of 1st grade after that he seemed to get better at managing me going away. [/quote]

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