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[quote=Anonymous]My son is slightly older (middle school) but similar; he has inattentive ADHD and really just doesn’t seek out socialization. He goes to private because public was too overwhelming for him. My husband does lament the lack of neighborhood friends, but my son really doesn’t care. One thing that has helped is before social situations (or even before school started) we remind him of expected behaviors and point out that you have to join in or say yes if you want to build friendships, even if you don’t necessarily want to. He has social skills and can use them when he wants to, he just only does so with people he is interested in v all kids. We are talking about social expectations and what you need to do to be polite, but also point out that each person has a level of social need or a limit and if yours is low, it’s okay for it to be a few friends and family. The positive side is he has a very strong sense of self and not as susceptible to peer pressure.

I do think there is a difference between public/private school populations. Dependent on the school, but our private is much more sheltered; fewer classmates have phones or Apple Watches than his younger brother in public, and there are more restrictions on social media (however many of the kids have AdHD, so possibly this is the reason). I will also add that my son has only started texting his friends this year - he has had a iPad for 2 years but never used it to socialize. This year he is much more interested in keeping in touch, which seems fairly common across boys (the girls are much more social). [/quote]

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