My 6 year old is really struggling with the change of me going back to work. I've been a stay at home wife/mom for the past 8 years and.that's all he ever knew. I decided to work again just because this economy is killing us, my husband makes decent money but we like to do fun things, and go on vacations so me going to work would allow us to still do those things. We told both of our kids how they'll start daycare (4 year old) or be going to an after school program (6 year old) and they were both so excited about it. But this week, this week is my first week, and it's also the first week for my 6 year to start his after school program. However he's struggling really bad over it all. He's extremely emotional, he's not getting good sleep, he's been trying to play sick to stay home. It's just been a mess. We are trying our absolute best to calm him down the best way we can. We've been talking to him about it, walking him through deep breathes, he made a comment about wishing there was a stuffy(stuffed animal) of me, so I gave him my childhood baby blanket instead to cuddle with. When I get off work I instantly spend time with him and just snuggle with him. But nothing seems to be helping at all. And I'm just completely heart broken over it. So if you've been in this same transition, what helped??