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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So I was a teen who had mainly one best friend at that age, and then just a small couple of school friends. I know that my mom worried about me. She didn't really push me though to do anything. I was socially immature, spent a lot of time reading, but was not anxious or depressed at all. I was extremely close to my best friend and not lonely. I did activities through school (not sports though bc I wasn't sporty)

I went away to college and had a couple weeks of adjustment to hanging out with what ended up being a huge friend group in college, and catching up on the social development I missed in high school. I did go a little overboard and didn't focus on school very much. I do think that I was kind of annoying and more immature than my peers as I remember getting ditched a few times my freshman year, early on. I figured it out, though.

To me, it would depend on what the kids are doing when at home. Are they sitting home all day on their phone? I think that's pretty unhealthy.  But if they have activities that are just more solitary (reading, art) and don't seem depressed, let them find their own way! But maybe you can encourage them to take those interests into more structured activities (like an art class, or creative writing, or do yearbook at school etc)[/quote]

I agree. I was similar as a teen, didn’t have a lot of friends and was immature socially. My own DD is like this as well. She isn’t on her phone/device all day, prefers reading and hanging out with her sister over socializing with kids from school. I mostly leave her alone but of course worry as a mom. Then I remind myself that I was also like that. It wasn’t until college that I matured socially and made more lasting friendships. And met my DH. [/quote]

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