30 Days With My Schoolrefusing Sister Final 2021

By Day 28, we stopped counting “days in school” and started counting “minutes of regulated nervous system.”

The term “school refusal” sounds almost polite, doesn’t it? Like declining a second cup of tea or saying no to a party invitation. It doesn’t sound like the civil war that erupts in your hallway every Tuesday morning. It doesn’t capture the screaming, the tears, the police wellness checks, or the quiet, crushing weight of watching a sibling disappear into the walls of their bedroom. 30 days with my schoolrefusing sister final 2021