I am with the others and wondering if "something happened". It doesn't take much with a guy to have it really blown out of proportion in the brain of a 14 year old. To go really safe with younger kids makes me think that.

And those academic peers are at an age where they are experimenting with a lot of stuff, chemical, physical. I would think exposure would be overwhelming for a 14 year old.

This is the thing we all struggle with and write about on this forum. The younger kid who can handle the academic but is thrown into the social lives of kids years older. When I skipped, there were others around me in the same state. Being the only kid that age in an setting like school must be very difficult.

Good luck.