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Navigating Screen Time and School Avoidance: A Compassionate Guide for Parents
When a child refuses to go to school, the silence at home during school hours can feel overwhelming. For many parents across the United States, this silence is often accompanied by the subtle, persistent glow of a smartphone or gaming screen. If you are a parent watching your teenager or child retreat into their digital devices while missing school days,…
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4 Risk factors for truancy: (1) Insufficient Sleep
My name is Fujiwara, and I am a child psychologist working on the issues of truancy and withdrawal from school. I am currently an advisor to ToCo, Inc. where I focus on the factors that cause continued truancy and help children to return to school again. Today, I would like to talk about the first of the “4 risks you…