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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a 9th grade son at YHS. He is not really into sports, and like many teens, is socially awkward. I was admittedly a bit anxious about how HS would go for him but so far, he seems to like it and hasn’t run into any problems. He is not super popular but he does have a few close friends - other kids from his middle school. I wish he had lunch with his friends every day but the way his schedule worked out, he only has lunch with friends on A days. On B days, all of his friends have a different lunch and it sounds like he mostly eats alone on those days. I wish that were not the case but he doesn’t seem bothered by it.  [/quote]

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Much of this is absolutely dependent upon schedules. My oldest is a junior and finally has at least one person to have lunch with on each block schedule day.  Our youngest is a freshman and fortunately has someone to have lunch with, too.    Still, if they don't, I would suggest seeing if there are any clubs or activities that meet during lunchtime.  One of our kids chose to attend chess club in the library during lunch once in a while.  That at least gives them some social interaction, whether they know any other kids or become friends with them or not.

However, some kids genuinely enjoy having some down time on their own in the middle of the day - to read, walk around, work on homework, listen to music, whatever.  Just make sure that's the case for your son; otherwise, maybe encourage some extracurricular to meet more kids or see if there are any opportunities during lunch.[/quote]

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