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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This might doing snarky, but I don't mean it to be - have you told him that you need direct eye contact when he's speaking to you? Sometimes kids get into a habit and they think it's ok, and it takes clear re-direction to inform them it's not.

My kids are 7 and 5 and often say "water" when they want water... As if they're still toddlers with single words - I have to really remind them each time that the correct way to ask is "may I please have some water?" I don't think they're being intentionally rude, it's more that they're not being intentional at all. Perhaps your son is like that, too.[/quote]

We do tell him to look at us when asking for stuff, or look at a waiter when he is ordering at a restaurant, or whatever. It seems to make him really uncomfortable.  But he is very social, talks to anyone, has lots of friends at school ... He isn't socially awkward.  [/quote]

Does he make eye contact with the kids and teachers at school?  It could be any number of reasons.  Usually by that age kids outgrow it so it would be concerning if you worked with him on it.[/quote]

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