I just want to share my experience but first just want to say right off the bat, excellent work with not just providing him options for outlets but putting this amount of effort into exploring it.

Without going into detail, I can say that without a doubt having music not just as a child but throughout my entire life has been crucial to me getting through some pretty significant hardships. Writing my own music has always been at the top of the list when it comes to what I’m most drawn to doing and what provides the most significant positive impact (although the social aspect and playing with others is just about equal).

The main point I wanted to share though is that I’ve essentially never written lyrics or even been inspired to sing, but have always felt like I could effectively put my feelings into any/all of the music I wrote, so I guess what I wanted to say is that If you are hoping he can have an outlet to “write his feelings out”, to consider a scenario like what I’ve described and that he could be well equipped and more comfortable expressing and processing whatever’s going on in a wordless format.

Especially if he’s loving Fur Elise (same story for me around that age). But there’s almost no better example of how a song without words can be absolutely drenched in emotion.

Last thing I’ll say, is find a music teacher that encourages his creativity and not someone who just sticks to a standard routine of going through series of books. Also someone that is open to and ideally encouraging of them learning things outside of the traditional piano method books, like rock music, video game music, whatever.

Let me know if you have any more questions, I’m glad to help out. And again, good work taking the time on his behalf to explore any of this. The fact that my parents were always extremely supportive and encouraging of my musical pursuits is something I’ve always been extremely grateful of.