21/01/2026
* New Blog - Rethinking Teenage School Attendance Dilemmas *
While we are moving through the school holidays, we can feel the end on the horizon and the start of school approaching, For parents across the country, this return may signal an increase in difficulties towards getting their teenager to school regularly.
In our work, we hear stories of late risers, late night online gaming, peer group catastrophes, grumpy teachers, assignment avoidance techniques, better places to be and of course the usual bit of teenager defiance thrown in.
A common thread for parents is that getting teenagers off to school on time and having them stay at school all day, every day, is becoming an increasingly tough gig for many of them. As a result, parents are at a loss with what to do to help their child.
Have a read of this timely important blog for parents and schools alike, to help see how we can better understand our young people and therefore better support them, when they feel unable to go to school:
https://www.theresiliencecentre.com.au/.../rethinking.../
Recently in talking with some parents of teenagers, I was concerned to hear of increasing difficulties these parents were having in getting their kids to school regularly. As part of the dialogue there were stories of late risers, late night online gaming, peer group catastrophes, grumpy teachers, a...
