Before Covid (BC, or the Beforetimes), my son had a lot of trouble at school. Juggling bipolar disorder and autism, plus high intelligence and genetic nerdiness, he just didn’t seem to fit in anywhere, and was constantly teased.
After being assaulted by another student, he refused to go back. But that was a year ago in October 2019. We hoped some time off might give him a breather, and that maybe we could get him back to school somehow after the holidays that year.
That time went by miraculously; there were no fights over homework, no arguments over bedtime, no anxiety-fueled insomnia or graphic nightmares.
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