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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think we all have to help our kids discover and cherish who they are.  With lots of love and support, OP, your son will get there.  [/quote]

+1. Love and support.  Encourage him to talk about his feelings and vocalize his wants.  [/quote]

+2. I know this is an old thread that someone else revived but I wanted to chime in because so many of the posts were spectacularly unhelpful. I also have a kid who wants badly to be friends with kids who aren’t that interested in him and it’s tough to watch. I agree with these PPs that our job as parents is to love and support them and I also think asking them thought provoking questions (to encourage them to observe what’s happening versus interpreting for them) and helping them learn that the world is a bigger place than their school (through travel or activities that link them to people outside school). Ultimately they need to find their own way, we can’t take away the various disappointments they’ll encounter but we can provide the love/support necessary to manage them.

Also, the fact that your son has close, mutual friendships is a really good sign. Not all kids that age have good friends yet. [/quote]

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