Fear of monsters can force parents to get creative. If they don t work a play telephone and a special number to dial can work. Even a talisman will work. Get that pretty rock you found at the park. As silly as all this may sound to the parent, to a child it can offer relief and lessening of very real fears.
Separation anxiety is an even tougher fear to tackle.
Unfortunately, the best way for this fear to be remedied is for the parent to bite the bullet and leave the child with the temporary caregiver. If you allow the babysitter, grandparent, aunt or nanny to go on and interact with the child things will calm down quicker. For most children it doesn t take long to catch on that they will be fine and that you will return. Finally, the fear of new things takes patience above all else. Sometimes children just need to know that the parent thinks they can do something.