Would your 11yo son be ok with this?

[thelastgoldeneagle]

DS has been asked to represent his county in a sport. There's an event coming up soon where he has to go for the weekend to do the sport. He'll be picked up by coach on Sat afternoon with the rest of the team, none of whom he knows, and taken to another city, where they will stay the night before the event.

They'll be taken to the event the next day and do the event, then parents can pick up the dc afterwards.

DS is really nervous about it.

I can see why - he's worried about meeting new people, what if he can't find anyone to talk to, and he's nervous about the event.

What can I tell him to make him feel better??

And would your 11yo dc be OK doing this?

Thank you all

I think he learned a lot from the experience, and I hope his confidence will improve. He is generally pretty good at making friends and talking to new people, so went and found someone to chat to on the coach.

The chaperones were also very good - kind and reassuring.

Ah that's brilliant! Well done to little goldeneagle.

A lesson to me too - I would have been very anxious if this was my 11 y.o. and might have passed that on...

Dd would have been fine with this at that age (she is a dancer and attended week long residential summer schools from the age of 10 with children from around teh UK who she didn't know) before going to vocational school aged 11.

Ha! I was going to ask of it was the mini marathon. Dd did this a few years ago. Glad he enjoyed himself!

A lesson to me too - I would have been very anxious if this was my 11 y.o. and might have passed that on...

I don't think I did, but it's something to be aware of!