I said “just try” more times than I can count. I meant it with everything in me - I wanted my daughter to know I believed in her. It never once worked. Not because she didn’t want to try. Because her body wasn’t in a place where trying was even possible yet. It took me a long time to understand that. Longer than I’d like to admit. But once I stopped asking for effort and started building safety instead, everything moved - slowly, then faster than I expected. She missed over 100 days of school in one year alone . She’s now at his first-choice university. If you’ve said “just try” a hundred times this year and it hasn’t landed once - that’s not you failing them. That’s the same gap I lived in for years. There’s a way through it. We did it. So can you. Save this for the next morning it’s on the tip of your tongue. - Jules ❤️ #schoolrefusal #schoolanxiety #schoolsucks #teenanxiety #teenmentalhealth