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KJ Dell'Antonia is a writer and a regular contributor to The New York Times, where she wrote and edited the Motherlode blog from 2011 until 2016 and was a contributing editor to the Well Family section from 2016-2017. Prior to this, she was one of Slate’s XX Factor bloggers and a contributor to Slate, where she covered parenting and a broad range of subjects, from legal issues to pop culture. She is the author of HOW TO BE A HAPPIER PARENT (Avery/Penguin Random House; On Sale: August 21, 2018). KJ lives in Lyme, New Hampshire, with her husband and four children.
If transitions are hard on your child—and your child is hard on you—try these strategies to help them cope, and find a way to cope yourself.