Children who have difficult relationships with their moms are clingy towards teachers

(New York University) Children who experience 'dependent' or clingy relationships with their preschool teachers tend to also have difficulties in their relationships with their mothers finds researchers at the NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. The research, published in peer-reviewed academic research journal Attachment and Human Behavior, went even further to find that later in elementary school, these children were prone to being anxious, withdrawn, and overly shy.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news