He is only a high school sophomore. Give him time…I know you are!!
There are plenty of colleges that will welcome him IF he chooses that route. And if not, there are so many career options that aren’t college degree required.
He sounds like a great kid. And you are doing a good job of “loving the kid on the couch” so to speak.
My son is also young for his grade, and I’ll echo previous posters that sometimes kids hit their stride later. I think my son was pretty turned off by the ultra-competitive attitude in his high school that his older sister embraced. He’s a mathy kid, so was always accelerated there, but was more than happy to do the minimum required for a B. After watching his older sister stress about admissions, he made it very, very clear he had little interest ultra selective schools - even when a coach reached out to him! He started college with a bit of the same mind set and changed majors a few times and then really, really hit his stride.
He’s now making dean’s list and actually started caring about his GPA for good internship opportunities. I don’t think it’s unusual for younger siblings to want to forge a different path than their older siblings in general. He may wander back towards a path more similar than it looks like now- or find a whole different realm to explore. If they’re happy and well adjusted - let them explore and figure it out - life’s a marathon as hard as it is to remember in high school!
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