13 year old's voice is breaking and he's stopped answering calls from relatives

silver_drum_639925 Sept 2026

Our son's voice has been cracking for a couple of months. He was always the one who picked up when his grandparents or aunts called, and he would chat for ages. Now he lets the phone ring, or hands it to me straight away. Last week an aunt asked me if he was angry with her. I don't want to push him onto calls he finds embarrassing, but I also don't want the family to feel he has gone cold on them. Did your sons go through this, and did it settle by itself, or did you end up explaining things to the relatives?

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coral_pebble_772925 Sept 2026
From the grandparent end of the phone: we notice, and we don't really mind. When my own son went through it years ago, he switched to sending voice notes instead of calling, because he could delete and redo them until he was happy. Doesn't suit every boy, but it kept him in touch through the worst of it. Maybe just tell the aunt quietly. She'll remember being that age, or her own sons.