{"id":1247,"date":"2024-11-22T15:38:09","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T15:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo9.thuythu.vn\/iqschool\/?p=1073"},"modified":"2025-01-07T10:19:45","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T10:19:45","slug":"reducing-separation-anxiety-in-5-year-olds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo9.thuythu.vn\/iqschool\/en\/reducing-separation-anxiety-in-5-year-olds\/","title":{"rendered":"Reducing Separation Anxiety in 5 Year Olds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Separation anxiety is common in young children, especially those between the ages of 4 and 12 months. However, some older children, around 5 years old, can also experience this condition, known as separation anxiety disorder.<\/p>\n<p><b>Causes of separation anxiety in 5-year-olds:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Changes in environment:<\/b> Starting school, moving house, changing schools&#8230; make children have to adapt to a new environment, new friends, causing certain stress.<\/li>\n<li><b>Comparing themselves:<\/b> At this age, children begin to compare themselves with others, easily feeling anxious and insecure when faced with new things.<\/li>\n<li><b>Lack of social skills:<\/b> Some children may lack communication skills, have difficulty making friends and integrating into a new environment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Adaptation time:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Each child has a different adaptation time, it can be just a few days, a few weeks, or even a year. Parental support plays an important role in helping children overcome this stage.<\/p>\n<p><b>How to help your child reduce separation anxiety:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Communicate openly:<\/b> Talk, listen and share your feelings with your child often.<\/li>\n<li><b>Prepare in advance:<\/b> If your child has to change schools or start school, take them on a tour of the school first, introduce them to their friends and teachers, and tell them about interesting things at school.<\/li>\n<li><b>Create a sense of security:<\/b> Comfort and reassure your child, promise to pick them up on time, and say goodbye with hugs and kisses.<\/li>\n<li><b>Encourage independence:<\/b> Encourage your child to do age-appropriate things for themselves, helping them become more confident.<\/li>\n<li><b>Help your child make friends:<\/b> Create opportunities for your child to socialize and play with friends.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>When to seek professional help career?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>If your child shows signs of prolonged anxiety that affect their daily activities, parents should take them to see a psychologist for advice and support.<\/p>\n<p><b>Note:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Do not take your child&#8217;s anxiety lightly.<\/li>\n<li>Be patient and accompany your child during the adaptation process.<\/li>\n<li>Create a loving, safe family environment that helps children feel cared for and protected.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Separation anxiety is common in young children, especially those between the ages of 4 and 12 months. However, some older children, around 5 years old, can also experience this condition, known as separation anxiety disorder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"lang":"en","translations":{"en":1247,"vi":1073},"pll_sync_post":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo9.thuythu.vn\/iqschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1247"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo9.thuythu.vn\/iqschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo9.thuythu.vn\/iqschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo9.thuythu.vn\/iqschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo9.thuythu.vn\/iqschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1247"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/demo9.thuythu.vn\/iqschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1354,"href":"https:\/\/demo9.thuythu.vn\/iqschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1247\/revisions\/1354"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo9.thuythu.vn\/iqschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo9.thuythu.vn\/iqschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo9.thuythu.vn\/iqschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo9.thuythu.vn\/iqschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}