This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Allow Children to have 'Mental health day's' off school.
Everyone has a bad day, even children! As an adult we can take a mental health day from work, why are we not letting children do the same from school?
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Many children struggle with the thought of going to school. They struggle with the mental anguish it causes and the resulting reactions it causes such as melt downs and bouts of anxiety. Why should we force our children to push through when we as adults would be allowed to take a mental health day and not have it impact our attendance record. I propose this should be the same for children , allow mental health days as sick days for children in school without punishment of parents or children.
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