Riley has been called clingy at various times since birth. Sometimes, even by me, when I struggled to come up with a better one. But I’ve always known that I hated the word. Even when she was attached to me for what seemed like entire weeks at a time, I still hated the word. So if anyone has a better one – I’m all ears!
Over time, she has been less dependent on me for physical reassurance in new situations. And generally she is a gregarious, adventurous little charmer. She will often give me a look of pure bewilderment when she turns on the charm for strangers and they don’t smile back because they’re either distracted, busy or not interested.
So when the new swim instructor said to me yesterday, “she’s very clingy to you”, I was less than impressed. Firstly because when people say something like that it sounds like they are describing some kind of character flaw. Secondly because I don’t really think you can tell if a child is ‘clingy’ from one half hour session. Riley usually does need time to warm up to new people and she’d fallen asleep in the car on the way to the pool. I don’t know if that makes her ‘clingy’ or not. But I do know that I’d like people to get to know her a bit before they start throwing labels about.
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