When the School Year Ends and Your Child Falls Apart
The last day of school arrives and you expect relief. Bags dropped at the door, screens switched on, the whole household finally exhaling. But instead, something else happens. Your child is irritable. Or tearful. Or strangely flat. Not the version of them you expected after months of early mornings and exam pressure. A different, harder-to-reach version. Parents often describe it as a switch flipping. And they spend the first week of the holidays...
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