If you observed the following symptoms (1 day - 1 week before school starts) in your little sister, you can be sure that she has a phobia of starting school:- A bout of stomach aches and dizziness (not faked). The fear conditioned her body to display biological symptoms in order to skip school.
- An irrational display of tantrums, "I want to wear Hello Kitty shoes!" in the middle of the night.
- An attack of anxiety. Never go out with family on the Sunday before school starts because there's bound to be some unfinished holiday homework. It's always a bummer to need to return home in the middle of a movie just cos there's a "week's worth of Maths assignment to be handed in the next morning".
This is a condition the family has to endure throughout the little sister's school life. Oh, remember to check that the uniform still fits after a short 4-week school holiday. You don't want to have the unpleasant shock that she doesn't have any fitting uniform on the first day's morning.
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I used to be phobic of going back to school after every holidays. I think it was a normal part of childhood. But sometimes some kids actually need help.
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