When a parent leaves their child at daycare, they often wonder why their child, who was happy and content before their arrival, cries and screams when their parent leaves to work. This is a very difficult transition for infants, so it is our duty as toddler educators to make the transition as comfortable and relaxing as possible. The reason children feel this way when their parents leave is because they are in what Piaget calls the sensorimotor system. stage and are at the beginning of object permanence, meaning that an infant realizes that something belongs to them even if they cannot see it. This is very important because, before an infant can experience object permanence, often called separation anxiety, they are only thinking about what they see at that moment, so they are thinking about the present rather than 'to the future. The infant feels that his parents have left him with a stranger and that he will not return. As a teacher, you can help reduce this by communicating with parents, allowing the infant to get used to the environment, and asking parents not to get used to the environment....