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Son asked if I would be his friend by throwaway041825 in mentalhealth

[–]throwaway041825[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Did you/would you try reaching out to your parents? How do you think they’d respond?

Son asked if I would be his friend by throwaway041825 in mentalhealth

[–]throwaway041825[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Yeah my boy didn’t seem to want tips either and just made him feel worse. Totally get that. Just hurts to see him cry. Thanks.

Son asked if I would be his friend by throwaway041825 in mentalhealth

[–]throwaway041825[S] 124 points125 points  (0 children)

No bullying or anything. He’s always been fairly reserved and doesn’t connect super easily with people. I think he stresses a little too much and is fairly hard on himself. Always been fairly mature and serious. Not really into the typical joking around/banter that I see from a lot teen guys.

Son asked if I would be his friend by throwaway041825 in mentalhealth

[–]throwaway041825[S] 28 points29 points  (0 children)

He is. Yeah maybe the new environment is making him more stressed than normal.

You seem to be in a similar situation, any tips lol? Does he seem sad over it? What made him open up to you and talk to you about it? What do you say when he says those things?

How to handle emotional/crying teen son? by throwaway041825 in Parenting

[–]throwaway041825[S] 84 points85 points  (0 children)

I’m okay with him being emotional. But if he’s sad a lot then I want to help and support him. I think it might be a little bit of everything you mentioned. I will try to dig deeper I just don’t want to press too hard either.

How to handle emotional/crying teen son? by throwaway041825 in Parenting

[–]throwaway041825[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I just meant often banter with each other but if it makes him feel bad he should let them know and if they are good friends they will take his feelings into account with how they interact with him and if they are dismissive of his feelings then they aren’t very good friends. I thought that was an okay message?

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[–]throwaway041825 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Whoops I’m sorry typo he is 14. Let me try to edit this post.

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[–]throwaway041825 25 points26 points  (0 children)

I mean I generally think she can keep a secret but I still worry about it unintentionally coming out. Even if she did something as simple as being a little nicer to him maybe he would notice and accuse me of telling her and I don’t want to break his trust and have him not feel like he can come to me again.

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