if your child is finishing the year online: what to think about, and how to approach september without catastrophising
Some students are finishing this school year online. Not because they chose to, but because it was the option that allowed them to finish at all. On what to think about now, how to use the summer well, and how to approach September without catastrophising.
end of year burnout in school-avoidant teenagers: what it actually is and why anxious kids hit it harder
The school year has about six weeks left. And if your daughter is struggling more than usual right now — more withdrawn, more exhausted, more resistant — you are not imagining it. Here's what academic burnout actually is, and why anxious teenagers hit it harder than their peers.
how to work with your school when your child can't attend: what parents actually need to know
At some point in most school avoidance journeys, the relationship with the school becomes its own problem. Here's what rights you actually have, what to ask for, and how to have better conversations with the people who hold a lot of power over your daughter's education.
how anxiety shows up in the body — and why your daughter's stomach ache is real
The stomach ache arrives at 7am, right on schedule. It disappears by mid-morning on a day she stays home. The symptoms are real — here's the neuroscience of why, and why it matters for how you respond.
what does "emotionally based school avoidance" actually mean?
EBSA — emotionally based school avoidance — is a term you may have started seeing everywhere. Here's what it actually means, why it replaced older terms that are still in common use, and why the framework matters for your daughter specifically.
7 warning signs your daughter may be heading toward school avoidance
Most parents don't see it coming. Here are the seven early warning signs of school avoidance — and why they're easy to miss until the pattern becomes impossible to ignore.
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