Letting Go: Giving Up Those Bottles, Blankies, Pacifiers and So on (Last Straw Strategies)

Many perfectly normal toddlers can't let go of security blankets, pacifiers, and other little objects that take on mysterious significance for them. This book offers an approach parents can use to help kids get past things they don't need any more. Author Michelle Kennedy asserts that the best way to help kids become independent of that smelly old blanket is to start early in giving them small doses of autonomy. Kids love the idea of freedom, and it expands to encompass all their habits. As long as the degree of freedom is appropriate to age, circumstance, and safety, both parents and kids will do just fine.