National citizens service. Has anyone's teen been on it? Ds2 went this morning. He didn't know a soul.

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Ds2 is 16 and just finished school. He's very shy and hasn't made any close friends at school.

I talked him into doing the ncs course and he's gone off this morning to a yha. He was really brave. I managed to get him talking to a lady before I left him and he looked happy enough. Not heard from him so that's a good sign.

It sounds really exciting. I went on something similar at his age with the YTS. (Shows my age)

No 😂 And now I feel like I may be an imposter haha
I've never done a meet up, I love mumsnet but I'm deffo more of a reader than a writer. Which is odd as in real life I'm gobby and sociable

I post a fair bit. Been here since 2004

I paid for Bad Mothers Club fo one year, it died a death and moved here in 2009
Took ages to settle in, but I've hung round like a bad boring smell

My dds too young but i would love them to go when they are older. I recently was in the cotswold area and spent a fair amount of time at a watersports centre where they were hosting an NCS group. I was very impressed at how supportive the staff and teens were with each other. It was really lovely to witness.