My daughter is two and a half and I'm constantly debating whether to send her to a nursery soon to prepare her for being without me when she gets to school age. She constantly clings to my side though when around other groups of children so I worry this would break her heart!
Anyway, I was chatting to a friend today who is training to be a primary school teacher. She said one of the children in her Reception placement class is an "elective mute" and she thinks the reason for this is the child had never attended nursery or preschool before coming to school.
This really worried me and I wondered if there was any truth in this or if my friend has got this all wrong? Any advice would be really appreciated.