Is Post-Pandemic School Avoidance Becoming Its Own Condition?

[Shree]

Both Gen Z and Gen Alpha show rising school avoidance even after normal routines returned. Symptoms include stomach aches, panic, emotional shutdowns and sudden morning distress. Is this part anxiety, part habit, or something new? What approaches actually help kids return without making the avoidance worse?

 

[Nomad]

Sadly, this is the case with my kid. He started formal education right before the country went into lock down. Lockdown ended after 4 months and school reopened but I was too afraid to send him to school because death roll was rising. We didn't send him school for the entire year. When we finally sent him to school, he seemed to have a developed school avoidance condition. Even though these days he goes to school, he refuses to do class work or even participate in school activities.