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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 13 year old DS has always been a really nice kid, a bit quirky, but had friends. This year, although he has friends at school, he has not had a single friend over to the house. Has done a couple things outside of school with them but had no interest in having anyone over. Has this happened to anyone, any advice on how to encourage seeing friends or is this a normal part of this age for some kids? He is busy with activities and also sees other friends there. He was just so enthusiastic when younger and always wanted to have a friend over when given the chance? When I ask him he just says he is tired after school/ activities and wants the downtime to himself. I think this is reasonable but at the same time I worry a bit that something is going on that I am missing. Any thoughts or BTDT?[/quote]

My 11yr old  (middle school in my county) is like this. Im an extrovert and at first it worried me, i was worried he was depressed.  However, now Im embracing this. He's a homebody and I've flipped the script and I'm happy i have a boy who like being at home. He happily catches a movie with me, we had a grest lunch,  just him and I yesterday, and last night we sat on the couch and watched a few episodes of Young Sheldon.

My son does however have 1 really good best friend that he enjoys spending time with. This boy is very similar to my son and i think they both fill each others social cup.[/quote]

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