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cord-303451-66c2qobr	Pelaez, Martha	Returning to School: Separation Problems and Anxiety in the Age of Pandemics	2020-07-15		.txt	text/plain	4438	226	50	Using a behavioral theory of development, we provide suggestions for how to handle the departure and separation problems that may emerge as parents drop their children off at school. We offer some specific advice for parents and teachers to follow to prevent the departure and separation problems that typically develop during challenging behavioral interactions in school settings. In light of the COVID-19 crisis, when children return to school and separate from their parents after a months-long period of 24-hr-a-day interaction that occurred during a period of social distancing, we predict that high rates of protest and distress may emerge, as well as high rates of refusal to leave the parents. This is likely to produce heightened child separation-protest responses that can disrupt classroom settings the new physical distancing rules, and provoke anguish and anxiety in parents. The research we discussed earlier shows that, during departures and at separation, parents' responses to children's protests can encourage and reinforce more of this distressing behavior.	./cache/cord-303451-66c2qobr.txt	./txt/cord-303451-66c2qobr.txt