My 4.2 year old daughter has developed real anxiety about school. She didn't go to nursery due to covid so she's not had any experience similar to school before this. Frets about it all morning and gets a tummy ache and has a nervous poo in the morning when its nearly time to go and all the way to school says "Im scared, I want to stay at home, I don't want to go to school" and cries and squeezes me in the school playground while waiting to go in and as the teacher takes her in. It's heartbreaking. Once she's inside she is fine as I've seen photos of her smiling and laughing! Apart from a few wobbles through the day which I'm presuming is down to tiredness. I'm positive and supportive and try and reassure her that its normal to feel that way and that she enjoys it when she's in. It's every morning and it's mentally exhausting for both of us to go through the same thing every day. I just wondered if anyone else has been through this and if there's any advice or just someone else to share their experiences to make me feel like I'm not the only one with an intensely worried little human, never seen her like this before and I wasn't even aware that children this young could get that anxious about things. Hope it doesn't last long 