The Big Idea: Since children without permanent shelter move around often, they have to say many goodbyes to people, places, and possessions. This can trigger major anxiety when faced with “everyday” separations such as day-care drop off.
Ideas Into Action: Sharing Comfort Strategies with Children
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aR54rO099rM
You can show children how others use strategies for self-soothing. Share this video in which Muppet show and celebrate their “loveys.” Depending on children’s age, you might sit in a play space with them and say, for instance:
- Let’s feel this cloth (or blanket or pillow). Doesn’t it feel soft and silky?
- Elmo loves to hug Baby David. Is there a stuffed animal or doll here you’d like to hug right now?
