Hi Everyone, Thank you for your messages of support. I still find myself with two 12 year old boys here today refusing to go.After a positive weekend doing things separately (we normally go out as a family) it is still to no avail. Great fun and thought it would pave the way for a successful week but no, not today! Meeting with school midweek to discuss their places at the school, who have been brilliant. What does amaze me though is the amount of pen pushing people who don't care how I get them to school, how shaken up I am and how upset the boys are & still insist on their attendance. It's quite strange how, despite our efforts to get them to school and even asking the police to come and escort them there, there is no law enforcement until it is too late!! I would have no problem with the local PCSO's picking my boys up and take them to school. I can go off to work knowing that my children are in school, where they should be. However, the law does not want to get involved until it's too late!!! What is it with this country. We are hard working people who wish for our children to be the same. Where is the help?? More practical help needed and less pen pushing!! Gggrrrrrrr!

Its good to know the school have been supportive it really is, and hope the meeting goes well. I think it's worse when we get our hopes up that they will go in and it doesn't happen but keep trying thats all you can do. Yes I'm afraid there is lots of pen pushing going on, i don't think they know what else to do in some cases.

Keep in touch

Sarah x

Hi Louise,

You are right - there is little to know understanding of what we, as parents, and our children go through - there is that blame factor all along - and then before you know it- they throw the law at you. Perhaps in time SR will become more understood and both child and parents treated differently.
Sorry, in your story, I was confused as to who was asking for Police Escort?

At the age of our sons - we can keep pushing as much as we can. Once they get older - it is a different story again. The psychiatrist has told me that she believes that the more my son experiences breaking through the barrier and getting to school, the more he might have those skills when he is a teenager. One can only hope! She also said that the reality might be that he never attends properly but realises he can make it as much as he can to keep on top of the work.

Good luck with the meeting - keep your own paperwork (as Simon so wisely reminds us) so that you can present your case clearly.
Take care,
Linda