My daughter missed over 100 days of school in one school year alone. Not because she didn’t care. But because her body physically wouldn’t let her walk through those doors some mornings, and no amount of talking to her about it changed that. I remember standing in the driveway some days having no idea how to change this pattern and move things forward - despite appointment after appointment with any professional I thought (hoped) could help. What changed wasn’t one of those appointments, a plan I found online or a pep talk that finally landed. It was understanding what was actually happening in her body before I tried to fix what was happening in her head. Her first day back, at a new school, landed on her birthday. And … she made it through! Her friends (she knew a handful) decorated her locker. She’s now in her second year of university, studying what she wants to study, building the life she wants to live. I’m not saying it happens fast, and I’m not saying every case loo...