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[quote=Anonymous]My middle school DS has major anxiety/OCD and is reluctant to try new things. He also doesn't have many extracurricular interests (we've tried sports, theater, music, etc with little success) and so we've struggled to find suitable summer activities. Most of his friends will be away and so he'll be on his own. He's not a kid who is willing to do things if he won't know anyone. We've got several weeks covered at least with partial day activities, but still several weeks of nothing. I'm a highly anxious person myself and so this stresses me out. I know my kid enough to know that I can't force him to do things that he doesn't want to do -- it would be miserable for him and us, plus a waste of money. Still, I get nervous thinking about him sitting at home all day when there are no plans and watching Netflix. Not that he'll get in trouble, because he's a pretty good kid, but I just don't want him to get lonely and depressed. Can anyone relate to this?[/quote]
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