DS, almost 15 is quiet and little reserved ( he was always quiet but lockdown seemed to have intensified this) . He has a group of friends from school and is by no means a loner but finds it difficult to approach people and tends to want to fade into the background. If I had a pound for every teacher that says ‘he’s really quiet’ at every parents evening since bloody nursery, I would be a rich lady!
Last year, his school advertised a 9 day (expensive) ski trip for this February half term, which he signed himself up for and we paid it off in chunks throughout the year. None of his close friends were going but, in his words ‘he knew people’ and ‘would be ok’ and ‘the holiday looks great’
Today, the school took the group to an indoor ski centre for some lessons and DS has come home refusing to now attend the holiday.
Everyone was ‘too loud’ on the coach and none of his close friends are there. I’ve explained that the school will be unable to refund this and he would miss out on a good opportunity. I’ve told him he should approach his teacher about it if he feels so strongly about not attending.He then said ‘I’ll just go then’ with tears in his eyes 😢.
Other than having a word with the teacher and talking through his concerns, I have no idea what to do. If he does attend, I don’t want it to be 9 days of misery (for us both!)
Any tips please?