A Miracle Cure for the "I Miss My Mom" Virus August 2005 - Canton, MA - Just when you thought that separation anxiety could never be cured, along comes Nancy Pando's new book and miracle cure, I Don't Want to Go to School: Helping children cope with separation anxiety (Small Horizons, an imprint of New Horizon Press, August 2005). It is very simple when you are a bug. If you miss your mom, you just fly right out the school bus window and go back home. That's just what Honey Bee Maloo does…and then some…to get back to her Mom. In the tale of Honey, she realizes that there are things that she can do to help herself get through the day. "Children often see or hear the news many times a day. Seeing and hearing about local and world events, such as natural disasters, catastrophic events, and crime reports, may cause children to experience stress, anxiety, and fears." Approximately 25% of children experience separation anxiety. According to the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (Children and the News,Vol.67,1/02). Anxious children will be encouraged by Honey's example, while parents will gain useful tools. The charming tale of Honey Bee Maloo demonstrates how a parent can impart coping skills onto a child in order to overcome his or her fears. Nancy Pando, LICSW, a regular parenting guest on the Fox25 morning news, holds a master's degree in social work from Boston College. She has served as a faculty member at Regis College and is presently a communications consultant with Auciello, Inc. She provides trainings for foster children and parents with the Mass Prevention of Cruelty to Children. She writes a column, "Tapestries" in the Canton Citizen and lives with her husband and three children in Canton, Massachusetts. For more information about "I Don't Want to Go to School", please contact Nancy Pando, LICSW at 781.828.8955.