30 Days - With My School-refusing Sister [better]

If your child, sibling, or student is refusing school, stop asking “How do I get them back?” and start asking “What are they running from?”

You cannot "correct" a behavior until the child feels safe. The bridge back to the world is built on trust, not ultimatums. 30 Days with My School-Refusing Sister

Leo researched “exposure therapy for school refusal.” The gold standard wasn’t forcing full days—it was breaking the routine into microscopic steps. If your child, sibling, or student is refusing

her or join in the frustration, but I soon realized that her "laziness" was actually a profound paralysis of fear If your child