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I Am Worried

I'm worried about my second oldest child, Justin. He is 16, and the only T.V. channels he watches is Nickelodeon, Disney, and Cartoon Network.

On the weekends I let my kids go to there friends house and he is always home every weekend. He has said things like "I don't need friends." and "girlfriends are a distraction."

He is extramly good at algebra but can't tell the difference between a verb and adjective.

He is obsessed with this T.V. show called Degrassi. Last year I bought him a 32 gb iPod 6 and he just bought himself a new iPod 6 16 gb. So he could download every episode of Degrassi on his 32. I don't know how many times he has rewatched the show but he's been watching it everyday for 7 months. He talks about the story lines characters all the time.

He acts like a 12 year old, when we go to the store he wants me to buy him toys and he does play with them.

His since of style is very different from anyone I know his age. He will not wear jeans, he says they feel uncomfortable and tight even when I show him baggy ones. He will only wear sweat pants, basketball shorts, and on occasions he will wear baggy cargo shorts. He doesn't care what he looks like going out he'll come home from school his hair not brushed and wearing the same sweat pants for a few days at a time.

His iPod and laptop are his bestfriends, he also likes to play older game systems I think he has like 7 different ones. He's very weird about people touching his stuff. He'll freak out. One time I took away his iPod and he had a panic attack. He couldn't break, I had to give it back to make it stop. I'm super worried about my son I don't know what to do.
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Just my opinion ...if that's how he is and he's happy and not hurting anyone or himself then I'd not look too deep into it . I think sometimes kids are over diagnosed or wrongly diagnosed ...I dunno ...I'm not a doctor ...just my opinion ...good luck !