My 9 year old daughter is healthy, smart and happy. I am worried about one thing: when I am with her she hovers over me and follows me everywhere around the house. Occasionally she’ll watch TV, or play on the internet, by herself, but that’s the exception. As a toddler she was like this, and I thought it was cute then, but she’s older now and I expect her to have some autonomy. She expects to be socially engaged continually. She’s my third, and last, child, and my only girl. My sons were nothing like this.
Should I be worried? Will she grow out of this? Is there something I can do to improve her independence?