My kid has a lot of anxiety over visits with my ex. To say the least. So, to help with that, we got a calendar so that Sweetpea knows exactly when the visits are and are not. It is on the wall at reachable/readable height and Sweetpea got to pick out the calendar. Other events that Sweetpea wants to know about are written on there as well.
There are no surprises, Sweetpea knows exactly what is coming. Every day the calendar gets marked off and, like I said, there are no surprises.
Sweetpea still has anxiety, and there are still a lot of issues. But being able to know what the visit schedule is has helped for sure.
Do you have something that helps your kids cope with visit anxiety?
No comments:
Post a Comment