DS is not happy w his main friendship group. He’s in Year 10 and has a group of all boys, some of whom he’s been friends with since year 7 and some later arrivals. I would say there are about 6 of them. The issue is he’s being left out and he’s not happy about it, but he won’t talk to me about it either. For example last weekend they had a sleepover at one of the boys’ - who he’s seen on his own a lot so they’re proper friends - and he wasn’t asked. He’d seen him in the holidays a couple of times and the see each other a lot so I don’t understand as nor did he.
He’s got a few other friends that he sees but I think he’s seeing them more because he’s fed up with his group.
Easy to say ‘don’t bother with them then’, but then he has to start all over, and in year 10 it’s hard.
He won’t speak to me about it really but just says he’s not happy (if he wasn’t bothered it would be ok if that makes sense). I do have a feeling one of the boys ‘controls’ the group and I’ve never had a good feeling about him but that’s just a vibe.
How can I speak to him without him shutting down? I find it much harder with him than with DD. I tried to get dh to speak to him
Last night but he chickened out.
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JustDanceAddict · 12/01/2019 09:10
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