Not sure if I'm being unfair on where I expect a 7 yos social skills to be but I'm starting to worry more about DS.
Example to day. Caught bus with some kids he's been in holiday club with. I said go and sit with them if you want and I sat nearby. He came and sat by me. We were talking. Other kids discussing tree heights (🙄). He's asks me how tall ours is. I tell him. He says in normal bol voice "our tree is 6 ft" aimed at the kids, who a. prob can't hear him b. Have no idea this content is aimed at him, so they don't respond. He says it again. Same response.. I suggest he walks over, says he heard they were walking about trees and then tell them how big his is. He does this. They respond, he doesn't have anything left to say so comes back.
The talking at people without getting their attention and then being sad they don't reply is fairly typical.
AIBU to think that by yr3 he should be abel to do this better? And how do I work on that other than literally supplying him with the words every time which seemed to then stifle his natural conversation?
Is this just 7/8 yo and I should just leave him to it?