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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]

I would have written this about my son. He has a HORRIBLE time making eye contact and is very extroverted, has lots of friends, and is extremely verbally articulate. When we do make him look us in the eye, you can tell how hard it is for him (seriously looks physically painful) and he can't maintain it for more than a couple of seconds (and this isn't when he is in trouble, just having a typical conversation.) We aren't sure what to do about it. [/quote]

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