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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  I have really appreciated all the advise.  But I wonder if the bigger issue is not friends, but rather his general demeanor of not wanting to do much of anything with anyone else; preferring to do things alone.  And that won't change with a new school.  Quiet kids seem to get left behind in a traditional classroom, and the alternative school for him would dedinitely be bigger than his current situation.  I wonder then if he's at least getting a great education, which we are sure about, is it as important to be happy going to school or is just a necessary thing he needs to struggle through, much like adults going to work do?[/quote]

OP, consider that you are blaming your son for these problems. A 13 year old is not an adult, he may have no idea how to help himself. Have you taken him to therapy? Have you had him talk to an adult alone, to ask him what is wrong?

I am a quiet person and was a quiet kid; those quiet kids who didn't quite fit in who were able to leave our small private school were able to go out and instantly become more social because they had a wider number of people to choose from. The only guy I dated during my entire time in high school was a guy from a larger school I just happened to meet because he had a part time job in our neighborhood. At least I also had a best friend in high school; there were several kids who had absolutely no friends. I had to stay, was blamed for "being quiet" by my parents, and made sure never to live in my home area or near my parents again, and have never looked back. Have paid for years and years of therapy. And, it has helped. [/quote]

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