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[quote=Anonymous]DS will be turning 5 soon. He is very clingy with me. He goes to daycare and is social there and loves to play with his friends. But if I take him somewhere he clings to me and has a hard time separating from me. If I take him to a birthday party, he wants me to be by his side the whole time. If we have family stay with us he just wants me to play with him if I'm around. If I'm not around then he is happy to play with others. If I drop him off somewhere like at my parents' house he cries when I leave. He's not like this with DH. Sometimes I can get him distracted by something and move away from him when we're at somewhere like a birthday party, but other times he sees through it. I've tried talking to him in advance about what to expect once we get somewhere but sometimes it just makes it worse.

His daycare/camp has field trips this summer and I'm torn as to whether I should chaperone or not. He went on one already without me as a chaperone and did great and had an awesome time. I am able to attend the next one but am hesitant to do so because I want him to enjoy it without clinging to me, and I don't want to set the precedent that I will always be able to attend the field trips. I would love to be involved and help out but I don't want it to backfire.

We do spend time together. I work part-time in the summer so we have lots of quality time together. But clinging to me didn't begin once the routine changed--he's always been like this. I want to help him be more independent, but I also don't want him to feel like I'm pushing him away. He has a fall birthday so he won't be starting Kindergarten until next year so we have some time to work on this. What are some things I can do to help him?[/quote]

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