I wasn't sure where to put this but I need a few pointers on how to keep my DS's confidence up ....
He is above average bright in all areas at school - not G+T but possibly borderline and tbh I don't want him to go into that arena really [scared emoticon] ...
Anyway his school (we are in Australia) offer Extension programs in Maths and Literacy. For the first half of the year he was in the Maths program and was one of 2 boys in a group of 12. Now this second half of the year he is the only boy in a group of 10.
Although a fairly confident child in many ways, he is painfully shy of girls - except for a couple (his own best friend is a girl and he isn't shy with the daughters of my two best friends). He is horrified to be in this group and is asking me to ask the teacher if he can not be in the extension group at all ...
Obviously he needs to do it and obviously I want him to do it ... so how can I help him see that he needs to get over his shyness here?
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ghosty · 27/07/2008 10:12
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