Hug parents
A hug with mum or dad is safe but quickly over, and to a child it can feel unclear whether it belongs to the day or just happens by chance. The pictures below give the hug a place of its own, at the morning goodbye and at goodnight.
♂Family hug
A child hugs their two parents and everyone is smiling together.
About this visual support
A hug on the way out the door is over in a second, and then the day has already begun. For a child who longs for that closeness it can turn into a small worry, will the hug come today too, or will it be forgotten in the stress? When the moment only happens sometimes, it becomes hard to count on.
With visual support the hug gets its own box in the day, as obvious as putting on shoes or brushing teeth. A picture of the hug at the morning goodbye and one at goodnight shows the child that closeness belongs to the routine and does not depend on how hectic things happen to be. Place the picture right before the point where you usually part, so the hug is the last thing that happens before the child leaves.
In Routined you can add the hug as a step of its own at the moments of the day where it means the most. The pictures on this page can also be printed and put up in the hallway.
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