5 Preschool Drop-Off Mistakes Parents Make. Why & How To Avoid Them.

The subtle art of saying goodbye at preschool.

Adelina Vasile
10 min readSep 5, 2022
The image of a blond boy with blue eyes, apparently sad, possibly after the separation from his parents in the morning at preschool.
Image by Kris from Pixabay

Every morning you go through this horrendous battle just to leave the house.

Once you get to preschool, it gets worse. The child clings on to you, begging you not to leave them, with heart-breaking teardrops rolling down their sweet little face.

You suck it up (while dying inside) and keep searching for tweaks that will make the breakup a bit more endurable the next day.

The problem?

The tweaks aren’t helping. And if they prevent the child from crying while you’re there, it doesn’t stop them from crying once you’re gone.

The worst part?

If you’re making one particular mistake that many parents are unknowingly guilty of, you’re looking at a lot more damage than exhausting crying.

What if, instead of looking at what to do to help your kid adjust to the preschool morning separation, you look at what not to do?

Avoiding a couple of things can prove life-changing.

Below are five of those things, the most common mistakes parents make, and the reasons why you should avoid them.

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Adelina Vasile

Mother, educator, journalist, copywriter. I write about the things I need to learn myself.