[migamw]

Sorry,for those of you that have seen this question already,Someone with major issues reported this question as if it were bad.Thanks in advanceHe picks out whatever clothes he wants and thats what he wears and he is very quiet and acts like hes scared he will not fit in.I guess I notice it more because he is a freshman in High school this year.

[yvonne_14]

try to get him involved in after school activities. Maybe sports etc, it can help out in a huge way even with self esteem.

[hellsangl728]

It depends on the reasons for the low self esteem. I had horrible self esteem in high school. I was relentlessly pick on. My clothes weren't in style. I was in need of braces. I was shy and it was only becomming worse. I joined a school sport cross country and track and moved in w/ my dad where I was able to have nicer clothes and was given braces for my teeth. By the time I graduated I had a much better self esteem. So before you can help him you need to know what the underlying root of the problem is.

[Rachel C]

Tell your sin to look in the mirror and say something that he is proud about or what he's likes about himself before and after school his self esteem will increase over time.

[Dr. Andy P.D.F]

Don't just force him into sports if he isn't up for it/good at them.Hate to sound mean but trust me, if he joins a sport he isn't good at/just doesn't want to be there, it'll just lower his self-esteem even more.Talk to him. Make a list of what he does like to do (hobbies, etc.) and find out if the school offers anything along the lines of that. (If he were to like Photography for example encourage him to join the Photography class.) Enroll him in any outside-school courses that he likes.Never force him to join anything he doesn't enjoy.