My lovely, geeky 13 year old DS is struggling to make friends as the friendship groups seem to have swelled into “popular” and “nots” in year 8. He has a couple of friends but no wide friendship group and if not with them, he seems isolated. His older sister mentioned it to me and I’ve gently tried to ask him about it before but he assured me he was ok. However there’s been a couple of examples recently where I’ve realised he’s on the cusp of becoming unhappy and lonely in real life, although he’s a brilliant gamer and plays online with others. He’s a great runner but is not keen on the sports like rugby and football that would give him team mates so doesn’t have that pool to pull from. I’ve suggested scouts/ tennis/ park run etc but he seems scared to be putting himself out there. I’ve contacted a teen counselling service to see if they could advise anything to build his confidence but I’m at a loss. Is there anything that other parents have tried that might help?
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Socially awkward son and his shrinking life
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Tinkergirl1970 · 20/04/2018 05:01
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