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Maybe you found this place because something shifted recently — a morning that was bad enough to make you type words into Google you never thought you'd type, or a conversation with a school counselor that sent you searching, or a pattern you finally have a name for. Or maybe you've been in this for a while already and you're just tired and looking for something that actually helps.

Either way — this is a blog about school avoidance in teenage girls, written by a parent who is still in the middle of it. Not a therapist, not a doctor, not an education specialist. Just someone who went looking for answers and wants to share whatever has been useful along the way — the research, the resources, the things that have helped even a little, and the honest account of what this actually looks like from inside the house on an ordinary Tuesday.

If something here helps, I'm glad. I hope it makes you feel less alone.