Hoping people can normalise this a bit for me....
My daughter will soon be 5 and has just started school. She is pretty bright and has always engaged very well with teachers/ adults. At her pre-school, the report said she tends to see her role as one of the staff! She would often come home and talk mainly about her favourite teachers there.
That said, I have noticed that she can be a bit offish with her peers at times. If she doesn't know a child, or know them that well, she can almost look down her nose at them or, if I say to another child, "that's a nice dress or whatever", she will say "but mine's better mummy!" I am a bit worried about how this will play out at school. Don't want her to be aloof and not make friends! Preschool flagged up that she tended to like to do her own thing and not really engage that much with others. She is not nasty in any way though - just inclined to be doing her own thing.
She does blow a bit hot and cold though. Sometimes she will be really sweet - particularly with children of friends we know well - and ask to hold their hand and things. She has two friends who she is really keen on and will tend to only want to engage with them or talk obsessively about them.
Sure this is normal to a certain extent. Think I am just anxious cos she's just started school so my normal rational brain isn't working at the moment!!
Thanks!
L