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Dealing with separation anxiety

  
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1 Sep 2010

Parenting expert Judy Reith has some advice to make starting pre-school or nursery that little bit easier.

So it's the end of the heady summer holidays and the start of a new term is looming. Not only do you have to think about getting ready to go back to work, but you might also be preparing to send your child to school or nursery for the very first time.

How will your little one get on? Will they make new friends? What if they don't eat properly? How will I cope? These are all very common questions — understandably, as this can be an anxious time for both parent and child. Parenting coach and author Judy Reith helps to ease the transition, with some practical advice and expert tips …

• If you’re leaving your little one with a childminder for the first time
• If your child is starting school for the first time
• If you’re worried how you will cope

For more information, go to parenting coach Judy Reith's website at or you can email her about coaching.

Judy is also the author of Teach Yourself Be A Great Mum, published September 2010.

  
  

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