Before I had Jackson I thought that separation anxiety was a myth, that it was something that parents who had trouble parting with their kids made up. I thought a lot of things before I had kids and most of them turned out to be false. Though with Jackson separation anxiety was rarely a problem. From a young age he was used to spending time with his grandparents or his Dad or a family friend. I still worked outside the home a few days a week and he was used to me not being there all day, every day.