Why school is becoming a nightmare for more and more children

Since the long Covid lockdowns, more and more children and adolescents have been suffering from the disease of “school refusal.” In the meantime, this is at least talked about openly and is no longer dismissed as an “invented disease.” There is also more help for affected students and their parents.

During the peak of the pandemic, residents of Melbourne forcibly spent 262 days — spread over 20 months — at home. The city is the epicenter for post-Covid school refusals in Australia. Credit: Unsplash