06/02/2026
Some children walk into school carrying worries you can’t see. They might look settled, capable, even happy in the classroom, but that doesn’t mean the day feels easy from the inside.
School asks a lot of children. It asks them to keep up academically, navigate friendships, read social cues, manage noise and movement, follow changing routines, and stay regulated for long periods of time. For some children, especially those who are still figuring out how their brain and body work, that can take an enormous amount of effort.
So if your child is coming home overwhelmed, melting down over something small, refusing homework, or seeming unusually tired, it might mean they’ve been working hard to cope all day.
If this sounds familiar, you're not alone. For many children home is the place where the effort finally let's go.