DD tells me frequently that she copies her friends and I'm just wondering if it's in the range of normal. She tells me often that her best friend gets annoyed at her for copying her drawings and when I ask why she just says either that's how she learns or that she can't think of what to draw herself. She doesn't have this problem at home, I would say she is at her most creative when left to her own devices. She has also started copying another friends facial expressions (silly faces mostly and that kind of thing) but I'm starting to wonder if it's something I need to keep an eye on or if all 6 year olds are like this? When we were on holiday during the summer (DD was 5 years at this point) she found it overwhelming to choose an ice cream flavour and then ended up copying her 3 year old brothers choice most of the time. If there is a big range of choice she struggles to choose and gets upset. If someone else has or wants something she will automatically want that even if it's not her favourite. Any advice?