Separation anxiety in children occurs before the age of six and refers to excessive anxiety about leaving the person to whom the child is attached, excessive worry about the possibility of harm to the primary attachment or fear that they will not return; fear of separation from the primary attachment; reluctance or refusal to go to kindergarten or school (not because of kindergarten or school) because of fear of separation; reluctance or refusal to go to bed without the primary attachment; persistent and The child has a persistent and inappropriate fear of being alone and of staying at home without an attachment; recurrent nightmares related to separation; excessive and recurrent distress, which can be characterized by crying, tantrums, distress, indifference, or withdrawal, when separation from the attachment is anticipated; some children have recurrent physical symptoms after separation: nausea, vomiting, headache, stomachache, malaise, etc. Predisposing factors for separationanxiety include mandatory separation, such as the death of a parent, illness, or parental divorce. These factors predispose to anxiety in children who have genetic qualities. 1. Excessive pampering and spoiling of children, which makes them more dependent. The over-care and spoiling of children in life makes children less independent, lack of life skills, poor self-care ability, once they have to go out of the house and leave their parents and relatives, they do not know how to cope, which is the main cause of separation anxiety in children. 2, children with many friends, separation anxiety is lighter. Babies who grow up in large families have more daily contact with people and are more likely to have trust in others and attach to a wide range of objects, so separation anxiety is lighter. Conversely, children who grow up in small families, if friends and relatives go around less, only with mom and dad every day, less contact with the outside world, easy to recognize, and often have a strong attachment to mom and dad. 3, cheerful children, separation anxiety light. Children who are usually lively and cheerful can’t help but cry a little when they break up with mom and dad, but they will soon adapt; children who are introverted and less independent generally have more severe anxiety, have difficulty distracting themselves, and have longer lasting anxiety. 4, the change of caregivers, will make the child produce separation anxiety. The new caregiver and the baby have a close relationship, the child can easily adapt to the separation. If the baby is growing up under the joint care of the baby’s mom’s grandparents, after the mom goes to work, the baby is under the joint care of the grandparents, and the child can easily adapt. If the baby has been brought up by mom and dad themselves, and mom goes to work and entrusts the baby to the care of a stranger (such as a nanny), the child is often prone to severe separation anxiety.