My DS is a brilliant boy, although i think he struggles socially little bit. According to his teacher he sometimes wait for his peers reaction to something and copies it and is not being himself. I also know he is not a child to come up to someone and chat or play, he will wait on the side and watch others play. He seems very naive as well, not sure if it is to keep a friend or what, for example he had a jacket potato for lunch at school because his friend told him to have it. Or his friend told him this or that so he had to do it He likes this boy and we speak a lot at home about boundaries and what is good and bad behaviour. He doesnt seem to play with anyone else and it is hard for me to encourage him.
the other day we were walking home from school, he wanted to wait for another boy who lives close by, fine. My ds wanted to run around so he did but the boy was just finishing his snack, then he wanted to join and was calling my boy but ds refused. he went to run when the boy came back to walk with his mom.
today someone else saw him and shouted his name, i was encouraging to say hello or wave or smth, nope. Ds didnt want to. Its very hard to encourage him to say good morning back to adults who says it directly to him - like a parent of another child, teacher, shop assistant. No amount of conversations are helping.
he is very sensitive and emotional, we are doing our best but it isn’t helping. He also started missbehaving, not listening always, talks to us with raised voice and some aggrevated tone in his voice. Its al started few months before he went to reception, buy since school definitely its worse. Previously he used to go to childminder (part time) and we never had any issues with him.
i am just worried we are doing something wrong instead of helping him and i am lost