I almost hesitate to post this because I am sure there are parents out there who would kill to have my "worries". My 16 year-old son (our only) is a good student, he is involved in some sports and other activities and has a good head on his shoulders. I would probably classify him as socially immature, as unlike a lot of kids in his grade he isn't out at drinking parties and roaming the streets hanging with guys and girls. Yet why do I sometimes wish he was? LOL. He has a group of friends from his baseball team that use to hang with him in a group but now they have splintered off as some of the boys have girlfriends so a lot of nights on weekends my son either struggles to find something to do or just hangs on his Playstation or on his computer. It seems a lot of these friends of his like my son enough to hang in a group but don't reach out to him one on one to hang out on a weekend night. I dont think as of now he has a best friend that if and when he comes home from college for a weekend he can reach out to to hang with. We used to kind of prod him to find something to do on a weekend night ("How about Joe? Have you texted him to see what he's doing?") but then we decided to stop that because maybe we were making him feel like a loser by stressing to him that he is home on a Friday night. Any advice or reassurance you can give me would be helpful. One thing we are pushing for him is to apply for part-time jobs. I think that will really help with filling his time and maybe even making new friends. via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/2OkFxq8
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