Originally Posted by CCN
Yes... I second this. My daughter was like yours, and it carried on well beyond 3 because I fed into it. She was so intense and traumatized by my leaving (she's NOT social, like your daughter) that even the experienced preschool teachers were not sure how to handle her.

DS, who is almost 4, is still like that when DH drops him off.

He is perfectly fine when I drop him off.