I am really worried about my DS- lockdown hit him hard & he’s lost all his confidence. I am particularly worried about friends for him. He’s always had a close circle of friends but they seem to be drifting as he doesn’t want to contact anyone to arrange things himself.
He’s in a massive secondary & finds that pretty overwhelming although he likes the school.
He just wants to be with me at the moment which is obviously lovely but I am worried he’ll become more isolated from his friends too. His friends go out to the park a lot etc & I worry DS is getting left behind.
I managed to get him some emotional health support from the local wellbeing team after lockdown so they have been giving him techniques for when he feels sad etc which is good. He’s also in a footy team & scouts so has stuff out of school.
It’s just socially he seems to be struggling- it’s such an awkward age too.
Aibu to worry or should I let it play out. He saw mates yesterday but that’s because I am friends with the mum & she invited us to the park for an hour so he went (within the rule of 6) but he wouldn’t have organised it himself.
The mum said that her son arranges his own social life now but my DS has no confidence to do that.
Aibu to worry?