His concerns may seem trivial to you, but they are critical to him. Don't expect to-solve your child's problem. Just be there to listed. He needs to do solving. Try not to pressure your child into being what you want him to be rather than what he wants to be.
Some children feel loved only for their accomplishments.
Please use them and don't let your child become a statistic. We hear all to often of how a parent who has had a child that commit suicide then tries to let other parents know what to do. Start NOW and let's help to bring this frighting number down. Number 5 talks about violence in your home, TV . . . also video games. I just saw on TV the other day a new video game where skateboarders, roller skaters are running people over, hitting them, smacking them . . .