Library · Saying Goodbye to a Parent
at the classroom door, every morning.
The hand that will not let go, the tears at the door, the question of what happens after you leave. Vivi turns drop-off into a narrated, animated story your child stars in: the same short goodbye, the teacher who helps, and you coming back at pick-up.
Who it helps
For children who cling, cry or ask again and again when you are coming back, at preschool, kindergarten or daycare. Parents of anxious and autistic children often find that a social story with a fixed goodbye routine makes the mornings shorter and calmer.
This is about the ordinary daily goodbye, not a long separation. The story shows you leaving and coming back, every time.
The plan at home
Over breakfast, both parents say what the day looks like and who comes at pick-up.
The goodbye
A hug, the same few words, and a wave. Short, the same every morning, and your child knows it is coming.
With the teacher
The teacher offers a hand and a familiar first activity. Feeling sad is allowed, and so is going in anyway.
Pick-up
The promised person comes at the promised time, just like the plan said.
Yours, not ours. These are the moments a story like this usually walks through. You choose what goes into your child's, and read every page before it is animated.
Questions parents ask
The evening before and again at breakfast, for as long as the mornings are hard. After a holiday or a week at home sick, bring it back for a few days.
Yes. Tell Vivi the words you say, the teacher's name and who comes at pick-up, and read every page before it is animated. Ask for changes in plain words.
Keep the goodbye short and identical every day, say exactly when you are coming back, and let the teacher take over right away. A social story where your child is the main character lets them watch that sequence, including the reunion, before the real door.
Your first story is free in your first 30 days. After that you buy credits: 3 for $9, 10 for $26 or 30 for $66. A story is 1 credit, and a Fully Animated story is 10 more. Your first routine, Choose-Along and plan are free, then 1 credit each. Bought credits never expire.
Your first story is free. Set up your child, start from Saying Goodbye to a Parent, and watch it together before bed.
More moments: Playing with Siblings · When I Lose a Game · Trying a New Food · Asking for a Break · Asking for Help · all 30 stories →
Vivi Kids is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Carol Gray or Team Social Stories.
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