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difficult child won't go to school...need advice ASAP
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<blockquote data-quote="Shari" data-source="post: 114161" data-attributes="member: 1848"><p>I don't know what you've said to Tommy at this point, but if it were me and my difficult child, I'd let it go. Non-issue.</p><p>There is probably a reason behind his intense desire to not go today. May take a while to figure out what, tho. In the meantime, tho, the more of a "deal" you make about it, the more he realizes this is a hefty card he can play.</p><p>Spend the day at home. See if you can't figure out why he is refusing school, but don't make a big issue of it. Make the day a tad boring so its not tempting to do it again, find a few worksheets he can do, but don't go overboard with telling him about it.</p><p>As for forcing him, in my humble opinion, don't. You can't do that forever, its a very short-term fix, and depending on your difficult child's size and strength, you won't be able to do it for long, most likely.</p><p>There's likely a valid reason for today...just try to make its so its not so appealing to skip again when he's feeling better tomorrow and work to getting to the bottom of what's going on that makes him not want to go so badly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shari, post: 114161, member: 1848"] I don't know what you've said to Tommy at this point, but if it were me and my difficult child, I'd let it go. Non-issue. There is probably a reason behind his intense desire to not go today. May take a while to figure out what, tho. In the meantime, tho, the more of a "deal" you make about it, the more he realizes this is a hefty card he can play. Spend the day at home. See if you can't figure out why he is refusing school, but don't make a big issue of it. Make the day a tad boring so its not tempting to do it again, find a few worksheets he can do, but don't go overboard with telling him about it. As for forcing him, in my humble opinion, don't. You can't do that forever, its a very short-term fix, and depending on your difficult child's size and strength, you won't be able to do it for long, most likely. There's likely a valid reason for today...just try to make its so its not so appealing to skip again when he's feeling better tomorrow and work to getting to the bottom of what's going on that makes him not want to go so badly. [/QUOTE]
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