Joanna Fortune: Will this toddler remember who we are after an absence?

'Ensure that whoever he has been staying with while apart from you is emotionally and physically available during this transition because a predictable environment will be very reassuring to him'
Joanna Fortune: Will this toddler remember who we are after an absence?

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Tue, 31 Jan, 2023 - 02:00
Child psychotherapist Joanna Fortune 

Joanne Fortune
Joanna Fortune

CHILD PSYCHOTHERAPIST

We are about to reunite with a two-and-a-half-year-old child we have not seen for eight months. We are unsure if he will remember us. What would you suggest?

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