# @juleswaller_ on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DWWezTRE5RN
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/61463606-juleswaller-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-03-26T14:37:48.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Julie Waller (Jules) | School Refusal Support (@juleswaller_) — https://gondola.cc/juleswaller_

## Caption

The hardest part wasn’t the mornings.

It was the silence from people who used to check in.
The looks at school pickup.
The well-meaning advice that felt like an indictment.
The slow realisation that most people had already decided what kind of parent I was.

I didn’t have the language for it then.
I just knew that what we were being told to do was making my daughter worse, not better.
And I knew I couldn’t keep doing it just to make other people comfortable.

So I made a decision that felt terrifying at the time.
And I’d make it again without hesitation.

If you’re in that place right now - holding your child together while quietly falling apart yourself - I want you to know that trusting your instincts over the noise is not giving up.

It’s the bravest thing you’ll do.

🍒 The toolkit that helped us is in my bio.

- Jules ♥️

#schoolrefusal #schoolanxiety #schoolstress #childrensmentalhealthweek #schooldropoff

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schoolrefusal, schoolanxiety, schoolstress, childrensmentalhealthweek, schooldropoff

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