separation anxiety
noun
: a form of anxiety experienced by a young child and caused by separation from a significant nurturant figure and typically a parent or from familiar surroundings
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Airlines are making a ridiculous amount of money by selling you the promise of avoiding a middle seat or exploiting your separation anxiety or your claustrophobia.
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Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 10 May 2025
Managing Separation Anxiety To help children cope with separation anxiety, parents should establish a consistent routine, create a comforting goodbye routine, and offer as much support and reassurance as needed along the way.
—Corinne Schuman, Parents, 6 May 2025
Other dogs, especially those that are anxious or suffer from separation anxiety, might find comfort in your scent.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
That can put them on edge and heighten their separation anxiety, Langan said, and if their owners are depressed or grief-stricken about loss and uncertainty, the animals absorb those emotions too.
—Steve Lopez, Mercury News, 24 June 2025
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Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 10 May 2025
Managing Separation Anxiety To help children cope with separation anxiety, parents should establish a consistent routine, create a comforting goodbye routine, and offer as much support and reassurance as needed along the way.
—Corinne Schuman, Parents, 6 May 2025
Other dogs, especially those that are anxious or suffer from separation anxiety, might find comfort in your scent.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
That can put them on edge and heighten their separation anxiety, Langan said, and if their owners are depressed or grief-stricken about loss and uncertainty, the animals absorb those emotions too.
—Steve Lopez, Mercury News, 24 June 2025
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“Separation anxiety.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/separation%20anxiety. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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