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\n\tSome children have a difficult time with transitions like back to school or going between Mommy's house and Daddy's house. This is normal for children who like structure and routine and are afraid of uncertainty.<\/p>\n

\n\tIf you are going on a business trip, sending your child to their other parent's house or sending them off for their first day of school after a break, draw a little heart on their hand to remind them that you love them and are always thinking of them!<\/p>\n

\n\t\"\"Toni Langdon is a stay-at-home mom of two daughters and an in-home child care provider. She is a black belt in martial arts and has worked with Chester County, PA children with special needs. This post is adapted from her blog,<\/em><\/span> <\/span><\/em>Tickles & Time Outs.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mom blogger Toni Langdon’s got a simple way to give her kids love, even when she’s not around them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6446,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[18136,18134,18135,17017,15827],"yoast_head":"\nHelping Kids Through Transition - Metrokids<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mom blogger Toni Langdon's got a simple way to give her kids love, even when she's not around them.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.metrokids.com\/helping-kids-through-transition\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Helping Kids Through Transition - Metrokids\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mom blogger Toni Langdon's got a simple way to give her kids love, even when she's not around them.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/www.metrokids.com\/helping-kids-through-transition\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Metrokids\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-11-15T06:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-08-16T20:11:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.metrokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Toni1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"212\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"320\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"MK Staff\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"MK Staff\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.metrokids.com\/helping-kids-through-transition\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.metrokids.com\/helping-kids-through-transition\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"MK Staff\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.metrokids.com\/#\/schema\/person\/e57323642027d183d526ad194735aa02\"},\"headline\":\"Helping Kids Through Transition\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-11-15T06:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-08-16T20:11:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.metrokids.com\/helping-kids-through-transition\/\"},\"wordCount\":137,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.metrokids.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.metrokids.com\/helping-kids-through-transition\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.metrokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Toni1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"heart on kids hand\",\"help kids with transition\",\"kids of divorce\",\"Tickles & Time Outs\",\"Toni Langdon\"],\"articleSection\":[\"MomSpeak\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/www.metrokids.com\/helping-kids-through-transition\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.metrokids.com\/helping-kids-through-transition\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.metrokids.com\/helping-kids-through-transition\/\",\"name\":\"Helping Kids Through Transition - 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