What about martial arts for assertiveness training. The fact that the school thinks he's too delicate to even test worries me that they are getting a totally wrong idea about your kid. Video the child in any situations where he talks to strangers, or acts assertive at all, ok?

If I were his age, and placed in a room with others that far below my readiness to learn level, I'd act shy, worried and insecure as well. Wouldn't you?

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