WFH causing school refusal to increase.

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I read a thought provoking post on LinkedIn a comment about school refusals being so much higher since WFH became more "normal"

In essence the thought was a lack of everyone up, dressed out the door, it's now kids up breakfast dressed smart, out the door with parents in PJs or leisure wear going back home to work and the kids knowing that parents are at home makes them more likely to want to also stay home.

Obviously the parents do work but the kids (age dependent) are not seeing this and are thinking work/ school is now optional.

I did think this poster may have a valid point but interested in what others think, I'm also not talking about SEN and other considerations.

Totally ageee. Unreasonable to expect teachers to just send work home

Its not a lot to ask for work to be sent home when he is too tired to attend.

Yes, it is. The additional organisation this involves is an unreasonable addition to an already unmanageable workload.

Also, @Wooky073 , if you truly do work in HE (and if you have been for some time, like me) then you will be aware that the move to online lectures, online assignments etc has involved a large effort from academics and support staff, that Digital Learning teams have been created and increased, that platforms like Moodle have been bought and implemented. It has taken time and money and effort. So saying "it's not a lot to ask" by using HE is a parallel is... bizarre!