Emotional-based school avoidance is on the increase. The latest Government statistics show that the percentage of ‘persistent absentees’ (missing 50% of schooling) has increased every year from 2015/2016 to 2020/2021. In primary schools, there was a 0.4% increase to...
The Tale of the Feather of a Bee Hummingbird and a Glacial Boulder By Anon During a recent phone conversation with a GP locum about my daughter’s depression, he said something bewildering: He apologised to me about her autism. Stephen Fry infamously said that, if...
Takiwatanga A Letter to My Daughter by Anon Dear Daughter, Do you remember when you were seven and you had all those invisible friends? On the way to school, you told me about the fairies that helped you in Maths. Once we went to the forest and you made friends with...
How Teenspeak Can Shut Down Conversations about Mental Health By Alice Gamble As an 18 year old, two of the most common phrases I hear in response to expressing something about your mental health are “same” and “mood”. For example: Teen A: “I feel so...
There’s no PLACE like home Lockdown, by nature of its social and economic implications, is putting unprecedented pressure on relationships of all kinds – personal and professional. There are families who are used to spending hours apart each day,...