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Students are increasingly refusing to go to school. It’s becoming a mental health crisis.
Posted on 5/17/23 at 7:42 pm
Posted on 5/17/23 at 7:42 pm
USA TODAY
Gen Xers taking the slacker thing a bit too far
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School avoidant behavior, also called school refusal, is when a school-age child refuses to attend school or has difficulty being in school for the entire day. Several mental health experts told USA TODAY it has become a crisis that has gotten worse since the COVID-19 pandemic.
"There's no book on this, it's not spoken about," said Demsky, whose son declined to be interviewed by USA TODAY but gave his mother permission to share their story. "It's very scary and parents feel a sense of helplessness."
The two continued to struggle with school avoidance for four years with little guidance. In 2014, she created a website to offer families the help and support she couldn't find. The site eventually turned into the School Avoidance Alliance, which spreads awareness and educates learning facilities and families of school avoidant children.
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Some research suggests as few as 1% of students are school avoidant, while organizations like the School Avoidance Alliance estimate 5% to 28% of students in the country exhibit school avoidant behaviors at some point in their lives.
Gen Xers taking the slacker thing a bit too far
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Posted on 5/17/23 at 7:43 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
It is high time that we re-tooled our education system.
Posted on 5/17/23 at 7:43 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
With all the teachers fricking, you'd think attendance was up.
Posted on 5/17/23 at 7:49 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
Fine. Rework the child labor laws so that if you don’t want to go to high school, you have to go to work. No government handouts for the lazy
Posted on 5/17/23 at 7:49 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
This used to be cured with a prescription of two arse whippings and call me in the morning.
Now we have to search little Johnny’s fefes to validate his behaviors and beliefs.
Now we have to search little Johnny’s fefes to validate his behaviors and beliefs.
Posted on 5/17/23 at 7:50 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
Breaking: kids don’t like going to school
Posted on 5/17/23 at 7:50 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
Spoiler alert: it's them again Yogi
This post was edited on 5/17/23 at 7:51 pm
Posted on 5/17/23 at 7:54 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
Where was this mental health problem when I was being forced to go to school every day?
Posted on 5/17/23 at 7:55 pm to Commandeaux
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With all the teachers fricking, you'd think attendance was up.
Posted on 5/17/23 at 7:56 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
I always went to school because I played football and baseball and wanted to practice. One day in between seasons I decided I didn't want to go to school. My father very much to my surprise said "Ok". I should've known something was up. He got my arse up and made me help milk the cows, and I had to split and carry firewood for the rest of the day. I never once asked to stay home from school again.
Posted on 5/17/23 at 7:58 pm to Pax Regis
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This used to be cured with a prescription of two arse whippings and call me in the morning.
My wife is a teacher and they have little shits at her school with “Oppositional defiant disorder” and they have to give them “accommodations” because of it. So basically the kid is an a-hole who the parents let get away with it then make it known to the school that the little a-hole has to get special treatment
Posted on 5/17/23 at 7:58 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
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School avoidant behavior
Was fixed with a belt in my day.
Posted on 5/17/23 at 7:59 pm to WilWood
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My wife is a teacher and they have little shits at her school with “Oppositional defiant disorder” and they have to give them “accommodations” because of it. So basically the kid is an a-hole who the parents let get away with it then make it known to the school that the little a-hole has to get special treatment
How much do the teachers hate those kids?
Posted on 5/17/23 at 8:00 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
Not sure is many have noticed but America has been in a mental health crisis for a few years.
Posted on 5/17/23 at 8:00 pm to bad93ex
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It is high time that we re-tooled our education system
A lot of parents need re-tooling first
Posted on 5/17/23 at 8:01 pm to Pax Regis
Posted on 5/17/23 at 8:05 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
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Some research suggests as few as 1% of students are school avoidant,
Is this outside of the norm?
Feel like 1 out of 100 kids ditching school is pretty normal?
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nizations like the School Avoidance Alliance estimate 5% to 28% of students in the country exhibit school avoidant behaviors at some point in their lives.
The organization that wants funding estimates the problem is exponentially worse than it is? I'm shocked!
Posted on 5/17/23 at 8:08 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
This is astounding!
After letting kids go to "school" on a laptop in their pajamas for two years with zero consequences if they fail, they now no longer want to sit in a classroom and, you know.... try.
After letting kids go to "school" on a laptop in their pajamas for two years with zero consequences if they fail, they now no longer want to sit in a classroom and, you know.... try.
Posted on 5/17/23 at 8:19 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
It is because parents are more concerned with their kids liking them than raising their kids to be productive adults.
Posted on 5/17/23 at 8:22 pm to bad93ex
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is high time that we re-tooled our education system.
How bout we retool parenting kids and quit pandering to them? Kick them in their asses and make them do things. Especially things they don’t like. Worked for millions of kids before these.
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