Welcome to the forums, kristimarie1965! 

Your poor daughter and granddaughter!  Separation anxiety is tough on everyone.  May I ask how recently your daughter moved?  At 4, your granddaughter may take a little longer to warm up to her new surroundings, no matter how nice they are.  They aren't familiar to her, and so she might be finding comfort in the familiarity of mom.  Which means she needs to keep mom close for awhile.  Exactly how long has the separation anxiety been evident?

This type of anxiety is most common in young children, but it's severity is different for every child.  Some outgrow it, but for others, some additional help is needed.  To find out where your granddaughter might fall on this spectrum, I think it would be a good idea for you or your daughter to have a chat with one of our counselors.  They can then give both of you some advice to help your granddaughter through this rough time.  Also, below are a couple of generalized articles on anxiety.  Check them out when you can!

Please Don't Change

Widespread Anxiety

I'd love to see if the rest of the community has any suggestions.  Has anyone else out there dealt with this, and if so, what did you do?  Let's see if we can give kristimarie1965 some help!

KristyFOTF

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