Hey just after some tips really, my boy age 8 has very low confidence he coasts by currently but he very quickly gets picked on or lost in the crowd on a regular basis. Anyway this morning he saw a classmate coming through the gate just after him he said oh there’s jon I said oh great you can walk into class with him…..I walk off go around the corner and I see my boys gone on ahead as jon is walking with another class mate and my boys clearly just bottled it and gone on in. This happens all of the time. I’ve tried saying to him why didn’t you wait or if he’s been behind I say why don’t you catch up to them and walk in with them he always makes excuses, they walk too fast I’m too slow, I dunno excuses.
the thing is this is just one example and I know exactly how he feels, I too have low confidence and struggle to do this but I push through make myself and also I’m 40 I’ve got years of experience under my belt to do this but it still at times cripples me I over think what am I going to say what if the conversation runs dry etc but as I’m talking with another adult it’s mainly goes ok.
even tho I understand what he must be feeling and. Thinking I still haven’t got any good tips or ideas for him as I’m just as bad.
so may tips and tricks advice I can have that I can pass onto my son to get him to at least walk into with his classmates and try get his confidence raised I’m so worried he’s about to be left behind they are at that funny age I find and I want him to be in a good circle
of friends. Tia