Schooling

Ornagh

Children that are 13 years of age thinking they can stay at home from school there the bosses now because we can't do anything social services be involved so what u do let them run away with themselves

somethingcorporate

sorry?????

*max*

Seems like the whole family is running away from literacy.

By mentally adding punctuation to the paragraph, I understood that a 13 year old is refusing to go to school and social services are now involved. One parent is now posting, asking what they can do about it.

I think.

kingfisherblue

Ornagh wrote: »

Children that are 13 years of age thinking they can stay at home from school there the bosses now because we can't do anything social services be involved so what u do let them run away with themselves

' We have children that are 13 years of age. They think that they can stay at home instead of going to school. They seem to be in charge now. We cannot do anything. Social Services are involved. What can we do?'

Is this what you mean?

Why are Social Services involved? Is it because the children are not going to school, or is there another reason?

Does the school know that the children are refusing to go to school? Or do they think that you are not interested? How is school supporting you?

If you answer, try to type short sentences. People will be able to help more if they can understand what you are saying.

pendragon_arther

School think I missing is thirteen year old.

Yoda.

thorsoak

If one of my children, at age 13, had decided not to go to school, I would firstly have tried to find out whether there was a problem of bullying at school, or whether the child was having problems with keeping up with the work, opening communication lines between the school, the child and myself. And, of course, ensuring that there were no mental health problems simmering in the background.

If all that brought up was an attitude/adolescent problem with my 13 year-old, then I would take other steps - firstly, removing all electronic equipment from said child so that spending time on playstation/computer etc was not an option.

Someone I know resorted (after a couple of months of persistant truanting/running wild by her 14 year old son) to locking all the boy's shoes and trousers in the boot of her car at night, so that he couldn't leave the house.

Guest101

pendragon_arther wrote: »

School think I missing is thirteen year old.

Yoda.

That took me longer to work out than I'm comfortable with...

Alter_ego

Guest101 wrote: »

That took me longer to work out than I'm comfortable with...

I'm still working on it. Any help appreciated.

Guest101

Alter_ego wrote: »

I'm still working on it. Any help appreciated.

'I think thirteen year old is missing school' (I think)

greensalad

Alter_ego wrote: »

I'm still working on it. Any help appreciated.

I even did the Yoda voice in my head to see if it helped. It didn't.

susancs

Ornagh wrote: »

Children that are 13 years of age thinking they can stay at home from school there the bosses now because we can't do anything social services be involved so what u do let them run away with themselves

Under the law children have to receive an education, but this does not have to be at school. Parents can home educate their child but would have to prove they are educating their child.

A friend of mine has a teenage child with Ethlers Danlos Syndrome who is in pain a lot of the time, up a lot of the night, couldn't eat well and could not function in school. He missed a lot of time in school, to the point the school where (despite the parents having a medical diagnosis from a range of different professionals) kept getting threatened with prosecution. My friend changed her job so she could be home every afternoon and has been home educating him and also pays for a private tutor for a couple of hours a week. He is actually doing really well and on the mock GCSE exam papers she gives him and marks, he is achieving high grades. She is hoping that his condition may become more manageable and he may at some point in the next few years be able to sit exams.

If you child has not got a medical condition, then it is the parents duty to either ensure their child is in school or have provision in place to educate the child either themselves or by paying for a private tutor. If there are issues why your child does not want to attend school you should work with the school and the local authority welfare team to try to resolve these.