The new 3 years old I started to care for his holding on dad's leg, or mom's. They are like 10 minutes at the door.

So yesterday, I told dad exactly this:"You know she is doing that to have some control on you right? As soon as you close the door, 2 minutes max and it's done. It hurts you more than it does to her. And by staying here 10 minutes and letting her hold on to your leg like that is making the cut even harder for both you and her"

He smiled, said thank you, gave her a kiss on the forehead, opened the door, took her off his leg, said HAVE A GOOD DAY HONEY' SEE YOU TONIGHT! and left. She looked at me, looked at the door, stopped crying RIGHT AWAY and with her sleeves, dryed her tears.

Dad was releived. He was probably wanting to make our days easier. He wanted to do good! So he was happy that I told him the truth.

Hope you told this dad the truth!

S.