DS is 15 - we’re going on holiday this summer abroad - with beach/pool etc. DS hasn’t been swimming for maybe 2 or 3 years, whenever we have gone away/tried to go swimming as a family, he says that he ‘just doesn’t like it’. DH and I think he’s worried about taking his top off - he always wore a swimming top when he used to go swimming and is quite a private/reserved person. He is also not particularly into sports and isn’t the leanest... (he has a little belly on him but doesn’t look overweight) When we asked him this evening if he was planning to come swimming when on holiday this summer, DS got quite defensive and strongly answered ‘no’.
So - what can we do to help him with his body confidence/how should we approach this with him? DH and I don’t want DS to be unhappy/worried/missing out...
Would be interested to know if this is at all common among teenage boys? (I know I certainly don’t feel great about my own body...)