My granddaughter doesn't want to leave her mother at the nursery door. She cries and says she will miss her Mum. This has gone on now for about a month. She is fine once she goes in but this behavior isn't changing and is becoming a drama every day. She is nearly 5 so not a baby any more. We have tried someone else taking her to nursery with various degrees of success. I think being with her Mum all through lockdown hasn't helped. My daughter has tried sitting her down and talking to her and reassuring her that she will always collect her but nothing has changed. She doesn't want to leave her Mum and if I'm looking after her she just keeps saying tearfully "I miss my Mummy". Does anyone have any experience of how to deal with this successfully. I'm not sure if she is just manipulating her Mum!!! Am I being too harsh? Any help gratefully received.
Last weekend, in Rutland, the first statue in Britain of the late Elizabeth II was unveiled.