After ideas. My yr 7 daughter has always walked to the beat of her own drum… a garden loving, music making, exploring child. The past 2 terms of yr 7 have been hell. Kids telling her she eats too much (she is as thin as a rake), kids laughing at what she looks like in school photos, girls telling her they are self harming and want to starve or kill themselves is all compounding her already anxious little soul about school. She is now one sad, teary, yelling 12ur old that is simply refusing to go to school. I am waiting for the school counsellor to call me back but she is begging for me to homeschool her which I am more than happy and capable of doing. I am terrified if we keep pushing her she will loose her joy for life and turn to self harming and suicidal thoughts. It feels like this is the “moment” I will look back on and wish I had pulled her out. Has anyone else had success pushing through and forcing school? ... View more