I have no idea how I missed this so long. Maybe we just are the worst parents, maybe I didn’t want to see it, or maybe who the hell knows...but my 10yo son finally told me about some of the things going on in school and I need help. He’s always had close neighborhood friends, that’s not the issue. But he’s awkward elsewhere (the pool, school, other new people’s houses). I looked it up online and he fits the definition of “socially awkward.” He tries to tell jokes that aren’t funny, he quits easily and is a poor loser, he’s not a good winner either. He is loud. He wants desperately to be in the “in” crowd and they basically keep him around to torment him I think. I don’t think he has insight into what’s the “right thing at the right time” to say if that makes sense. He’s sweet though, doesn’t bully kids, wouldn’t make fun of anyone out of spite or to be mean, and is overall a good kid. Great grades, no behavior issues (other than that quitting thing and he cries at school when he gets upset which I’m sure makes him a bloody massive target for ridicule).Help me help him. I’m socially fine - extrovert. But I’ve had to work on social skills to get here. My husband is total introvert and could care less if the rest of humanity was gone. Family is riddled with socially-meh people.I’m going to work on exposing him to more adults and coaching him on “normal” conversations. (He usually tries to be funny and ends up looking like an idiot.) I’m going to work on noise control when playing rough (he gets really loud when roughhousing with his siblings). What else can I do? Read? Listen to? via /r/Parenting http://ift.tt/2EWDx0F
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