Across the Same Words collection
Goodbyes
6 prepared situations from 4 family areas. Choose the moment that is closest to yours.
The doorway: two adults, one child, ninety secondsTwo Homes · The handoverThe doorway is the only place the two of you are reliably in the same room, and it is where a child watches how the adults handle each other.→A handover you cannot be in the room forTwo Homes · The handoverSome pairs of adults cannot stand in a doorway together yet, and the honest response is to design around it rather than to keep attempting it.→The goodbye at the doorDeep Feelings · Before it even startsProtest at separation is the attachment system doing its job.→Handover — they walk in mid-meltdownEvery Grown-Up · The other parentOne of you has been holding a limit for twenty minutes.→Leaving grandma's or ending a playdateBoth Parents · TransitionsLeaving a place is one thing.→When they won't let you leave the roomBoth Parents · SleepFalling asleep means being alone in the dark, and for a small child that is the biggest separation of the day.→