Separation anxiety: Why children cry seemingly out of nowhere

Many parents think that children cry out or nowhere as a means to "undermine parental authority". This is a common attitude amongst American parents. Most parents in America punish their children merely for crying "out of nowhere". However, children do not cry in order to undermine parents. They cry because they have vulnerable needs that need to be met. 

God's Law commands a secure attachment between parents and children. See Colossians 3:20 KJV:

Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. 

The Greek root word translated "obey" is υπακουο (Latin: hupakouo) and better translates to "trust", as in "trust your parents in all things". This passage refers to children resting in the wake of the good works of parents. Ultimately, this passage refers to a secure attachment between parent and child in the family home. The context, when used as a guidepost, spells out how to form a secure attachment with your child. 

It is good to start to gel a bond with your child by tending to separation anxiety in children, as Christian parents in the Early Church had their own way of soothing separation anxiety in children. Christian parents in the Early Church knew more than parents today that children needed closeness to parents, as they knew then that early separation severs the secure attachment between parent and child.

Children never cry in order to undermine you as a parent. They instead cry because they have vulnerable needs that need to be met. For the first 6 years of childhood, children growing up in the Early Church were in constant closeness to mothers, morbidly fearing that mom would "go away and never come back". That fear is the core fear of separation anxiety. 

Separation anxiety is a normal phase of child development, where mother and child are inseparable, meaning that wherever mom went, so did her child. For the first 2 years of childhood in the Early Church, children were constantly held by mothers, either in her loving arms, or on mom's back in a papoose bag when her hands were full. Between the ages of 2-6, children ranged next to mothers, seemingly being attached at the hip of mothers, not allowing mothers out of their line of sight, morbidly fearing mom would "go away and never come back". When children are under age 6, they need YOU when they cry.

It is recommended that mothers quit their job, and stay home to tend to the separation anxiety of their children. Simply leaving to go to work can fulfill the worst fears of children, as most children fear their mother going away and never coming back. The idea is never to go away, meaning never leave your child's line of sight, holding them close, nourishing them for as long as they need.. 

The depraved and entitled parents who punish children simply for crying will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them descend into the abyss which is the second death prepared for Satan and his accomplices! Repent!