My 16yo DS has very few friends and is quite isolated and I feel worried about him. He has always been shy. He is ok at school and hangs around with boys he's been friendly with from the start of year 7. They rarely see each other outside of school and I'm not sure how true these friendships are. Some of the boys from the larger group are super confident and have definitely dropped him - I've heard they are all going to parties and so on. Yesterday we met up with some family friends and my DS barely spoke a word to the teenage boys. When I ask him about it he says it was fine. I'm not sure he sees all the social cues - I think they find him quite awkward.
He academically is fine and hard working. I just worry so much and find it difficult when he spends alot of time on his own at the weekends and am dreading the longer holidays. Does anyone have any advice if you've been though something similar?
(I have a younger DD and she is the total opposite.)