I’ve changed my username for this. I think! My 12 year old DS has lots of friends at school, does activities outside of school and has friends he talks to there, but over the summer no one has asked him to play out, or messaged him to do anything. If he didn’t want to go out this would be fine, but he does. He won’t message them as he feels if they want him to go out then they will ask him, as they haven’t asked him he thinks they don’t want him to go out and so he won’t ask them. He is quite an anxious child and over thinks a lot (as do I). We re now week 4 into the holidays and as me and his dad are both working (between us one of us is always at home WFH so he’s not on his own), he isn’t doing anything but playing games online and going on social media. What makes matters worse is you can now see where your friends are on Snapchat and he can see they are out but haven’t asked him. I have tried speaking to some of the parents which hasn’t worked. What can I do to either a) encourage him to make the first move or b) keep him occupied and happy myself over the next few weeks given i have to work too (I can do stuff over lunchtimes/finish early). I’ve tried everything but it’s breaking my heart every night him saying his friends have been out again and no one has asked him. His dad thinks DS just needs to bite the bullet, message them and sort it, but he won’t. Sorry it’s long but this also happened in the Easter and whit holidays and I was really hoping come summer it would have been easier. It’s not! Any ideas/tips would be really helpful thank you.