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You are here: Home / Archives for school refusal

Too Scared for School

September 19, 2013 by Kath 2 Comments

“Mommy, I’m scared. Please don’t make me go!” All over the world, moms, dads, nannies and other caregivers hear the same refrain, morning after morning. Kids who don't want to go to school. Kids who are afraid to go to school. My Facebook feed has been peppered these past few weeks with the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Mental Health, Parenting Tagged With: anxiety, anxiety in children, back-to-school, childhood anxiety, childhood mental health, mental health, school anxiety, school avoidance, school refusal

A Young Woman of Great Promise

June 20, 2013 by Kath 4 Comments

Any parent of a daughter (and let's face it: parents of sons, too) should be justifiably frightened by the emerging details of the Rehtaeh Parsons case. Pretty much any of us can imagine it: a fifteen year-old girl goes to a high school party, maybe even her first big party. Some booze is passed … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Mental Health, Parenting, Single Mom Tagged With: anxiety, anxiety disorder, bullying, cyber-bullying, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, mental health, mental illness, Rehtaeh Parsons, school avoidance, school refusal, sexual assault, Social Anxiety Disorder, suicide, teen suicide

Thank You Kaitlin Hrudey

May 15, 2013 by Kath Leave a Comment

There has been a lot of media coverage lately of the youth mental health crisis, which is particularly bad here in Calgary. And it's about damn time. I've known about this crisis for a long time now, because I've been part of it. And it's getting worse, not better.My oldest daughter has anxiety. And … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family, Parenting Issues, Stress Tagged With: anxiety, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Kaitlin Hrudey, Kelly Hrudey, Know the Signs, mental illness, obsessive-compulsive disorder, RBC, school refusal, Social Anxiety Disorder

Taking Back the Power

March 20, 2013 by Kath 14 Comments

Bottom line: dealing with severe anxiety and school refusal (my daughter has been diagnosed with severe Social Anxiety Disorder and Generalized Anxiety Disorder - along with a few other things) is no easy task for either the child suffering from them or the parents. So in order to help me understand … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: anxiety, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, mental health, mental illness, school refusal, separation anxiety, Social Anxiety Disorder

The Stolen Child

February 19, 2012 by Kath

My girl is gone. And it happened so slowly, so insidiously, that I hardly noticed it taking place. Just like in one of my favourite poems, she has been carried away almost, it seems, by faeries...Come away, O human child!To the waters and the wildWith a faery, hand in hand,For the world's more full … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: childhood anxiety, childhood fears, childhood mental illness, school refusal

“I don’t wanna go to school…”

November 18, 2011 by Kath Leave a Comment

So this post is not about the common "school-aroo-stay-home-is" (thanks Mom, for the decidedly wacko label for it!) that I and my sisters occasionally suffered from as kids. This is not the, "gee, I really don't feel like it today so I'll stick the thermometer in my hot oatmeal" shenanigans that all … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: anxiety, childhood anxiety, school, school anxiety, school refusal

I Love School. She Hates It.

November 29, 2010 by Kath

I've been really interested in the dialogue that Erin's got going over on Multiple Musings these days regarding education. I have a couple of compelling reasons to be so interested in Erin's thoughts on education (apart from the fact that she's my cousin and I have a lot of respect for her … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: childhood anxiety, psychology, school refusal

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