I have a wonderful 11 year old daughter who is an only child. We are very close. I am married but my husband works long hours and is gone alot so it is just me and my daughter doing things together all the time. The problem is that she is really attached to me and doesn't seem interested in going places where I can't go with her. She is very mature for her age and enjoys having friends over to our house but if a friend invites her to their house she won't go. My husband thinks I am silly for worrying about this but I would like to know if anyone else has had this problem and if their children eventually grew out of this? She is a straight A-B student in school and the teachers tell me she has no problems at school. Any advice on this would be appreciated. If anything it would give me a good piece of mind. None of my other friends with children have this problem.

Hi and welcome.  I can't answer as a mom but as a child that spend most of her time with family.  i moved alot so it was hard to imagine having and keeping friends, and my sis was and is my best friend.  You stated your DD has friends over that is great.  I wonder is she feeling outside pressure that scares her a little.  I say since she is close now talk with her about the important stuff because she is still young-soon especially high School where there is more activities she will be on her own more-She will be ready when peer pressure sets in.  I love my mom and now we are still close.  It sounds like you have a great relationship with your DD-so take advantage of it!

Curious if you have ever talked to her about why she doen't want to go over to her friend's houses and what she says.

For the most part, I don't see a issue with it and think that is great. 

But, understanding the why may give you piece of mind or understand where she may need some extra support for later in life - for example, if friends house are too busy with siblings and such or maybe house is not as clean, it could be she just prefers home - probably no issue.  However, if she is uncomfortable asking for needs like a drink or something, maybe you could work with her on confidence on speaking up outside of her comfort zone, which is no issue now but if not overcome may or may not be later in life. 

As you have already been told, she will out grow and she probably will.  The fact that you are aware and paying attention is good.  I'd try to not to fixate on it.

Just my opinion and I don't have a a teanager or preteen, so limited experience as a parent.

My oldest will be 13 in APril and she has never had a problem going to a friends house without me for a long long time.

Her father (when we were still married) was never home and it was always the 2 of us, too (me & my daughter) and we did EVERYTHING together.

Now she is the opposite of your daughter.  If I go someplace without HER, she gets upset.  Bt if she wants to go someplace with her friends, I can't be anywhere near them!

I'd say she's only 11 right now and this will all change by the time she is a teen (for most teens anyway, they start to break-away from their parents).

MORE TO THE QUESTION YOU ASKED:

I'm thinking back to how I was as a child and for me, I REFUSED at that age to go anywhere without my mom.  Looking back, I know I was feeling guilt for leaving her alone because my parents were divorced and there had been a suicide in my family when I was 11 plus another death in the family from cancer just a few months before that and I had a lot of fear of leaving my mom.

But when I was a teen, I got better about it but I still never felt good leaving my mom.

Try talking to her and ask point blank if she is afraid to leave YOU because she doesn't want you to be alone.

Just wanted to say that I found you Sis LOL!!!