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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 47846" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>We had this with difficult child 3, only he DID manage to produce a fever as well as vomiting. That's when I brought in the rule - "school work during school hours". So if he stayed home, I made him do schoolwork even if he said he was sick. The only way out of actually working, was to be asleep in bed. Since difficult child 3 rarely sleeps unless he really IS sick, this was fairly safe. It also meant that I let him work in bed, in his bedroom, with his schoolwork on a tray. I didn't care, as long as the work got done.</p><p></p><p>This does sound like school phobia, though. It's hard to know what to do - it does vary from child to child, often depending on what the underlying problem is. And Kjs is right, you do need to accept that the child feels ghastly. But as you said, if she refuses Tylenol when she says she has a headache, then you have to ask - why does she want to keep the headache?</p><p></p><p>I'd be telling her to take the Tylenol, or you will have to think that maybe there is no headache - then send her to school with some dark glasses handy.</p><p></p><p>Or you can do what we did - let her stay home, providing she works. Then get worksheets from the school. Loads of them. No games, no playing, nothing other than schoolwork, until school hours are over. I DID allow educational DVDs, though, if they were relevant to set schoolwork. This kept up difficult child 3's access to learning and the work ethic, it really helped later on when we made the shift to home schooling.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 47846, member: 1991"] We had this with difficult child 3, only he DID manage to produce a fever as well as vomiting. That's when I brought in the rule - "school work during school hours". So if he stayed home, I made him do schoolwork even if he said he was sick. The only way out of actually working, was to be asleep in bed. Since difficult child 3 rarely sleeps unless he really IS sick, this was fairly safe. It also meant that I let him work in bed, in his bedroom, with his schoolwork on a tray. I didn't care, as long as the work got done. This does sound like school phobia, though. It's hard to know what to do - it does vary from child to child, often depending on what the underlying problem is. And Kjs is right, you do need to accept that the child feels ghastly. But as you said, if she refuses Tylenol when she says she has a headache, then you have to ask - why does she want to keep the headache? I'd be telling her to take the Tylenol, or you will have to think that maybe there is no headache - then send her to school with some dark glasses handy. Or you can do what we did - let her stay home, providing she works. Then get worksheets from the school. Loads of them. No games, no playing, nothing other than schoolwork, until school hours are over. I DID allow educational DVDs, though, if they were relevant to set schoolwork. This kept up difficult child 3's access to learning and the work ethic, it really helped later on when we made the shift to home schooling. Marg [/QUOTE]
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