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[quote=Anonymous]OP you need to sign him up for activities that put him around kids like him. Whether it's a STEM activity, a non-contact sport, music, drama, whatever. Kids gain confidence from doing things they enjoy and feel like they are good at. It doesn't sound like signing up for team sports in the hope that it will make your kid more like one of the sporty kids is going to accomplish anything and would potentially make your son feel worse about himself. If you're in FCPS and your kid is going to be in AAP next year I have heard that's a great place for kids to find their peer group.

My son is a rising third grader too. It is just a fact that some kids are more physical/athletic than others, and the ones who are more physical will gravitate to one another. My son is one of those kids. Sometimes it gets him in trouble. He never really wanted to sit still and has a ton of energy, so we signed him up for sports at an early age. He is now pretty good at two of them and seems to derive a fair amount of confidence from that. He's on the summer swim team and most of the 8 and under boys want to run around between their events. I notice a couple who are happier to read a book. It's just the way some kids are wired. I don't get the sense that my kid is "popular" (that seems more driven by the moms at this point), but I'm sure these dynamics vary by school. If your son is really expressing a desire to be a part of the sporty group, ask him if he wants to try a team sport in the fall and then maybe see if there's a camp he can do this summer in order to learn some skills. If he doesn't, then look for non-sport activities and ask him which sound most fun to him. We are lucky to live in an area where there are all kids of activities available to kids. [/quote]

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