Fear is just nature's way of saying, "be careful." Eleven seems like an appropriate age to begin to learn to deal with it in a positive way.
I think you really must be a pretty good parent if he is even willing to talk to you about something so personal. I would have never done so with my parents, and they were perfectly good people (I'm ready to talk now, but they're dead).
Keep talking. Try to give him some tools to help him be comfortable in new situations.
Secondary school daunting for 11 year old son
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Fear is just nature's way of saying, "be careful." Eleven seems like an appropriate age to begin to learn to deal with it in a positive way.
I think you really must be a pretty good parent if he is even willing to talk to you about something so personal. I would have never done so with my parents, and they were perfectly good people (I'm ready to talk now, but they're dead).
Keep talking. Try to give him some tools to help him be comfortable in new situations.