# @juleswaller_ on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DZjq-1xTaZG
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/66681088-juleswaller-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-06-14T07:11:47.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Julie Waller (Jules) | School Refusal Support (@juleswaller_) — https://gondola.cc/juleswaller_

## Caption

School refusal rarely starts at the school gate. 
It starts the night before - the quietness at dinner, the stalling at bedtime, the heaviness that settles over the house on a Sunday evening.

That’s not your child being difficult. 
That’s their body already bracing for tomorrow, hours before a single thought about school has formed.

And it’s also where the shift can begin. 
A calm, settled evening gives a child’s nervous system a head start on the morning - which is exactly what most plans skip straight past.

Book 1 of the School Refusal Recovery Toolkit walks you through what’s actually happening in those quiet hours, and the small evening shifts that helped my daughter (and 600+ other families) go from dread to manageable mornings.

My daughter missed over 100 days in a single school year alone.  She went on to successfully graduate with entry into her university and degree of first choice.

And you can get there too.

🍒 Comment TOOLKIT.

With love,

Jules ♥️

#schoolrefusal #schoolanxiety #kidsmentalhealth #teenmentalhealth #gotoschool

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- **Views:** 760
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## Tags

schoolrefusal, schoolanxiety, gotoschool, teenmentalhealth, kidsmentalhealth

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