{"id":11505,"date":"2023-01-29T17:29:47","date_gmt":"2023-01-29T17:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=11505"},"modified":"2023-01-29T17:29:47","modified_gmt":"2023-01-29T17:29:47","slug":"truancy-by-oladosu-aishah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=11505","title":{"rendered":"Truancy By Oladosu Aishah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">Truancy is when students are absent from school without their parents\u2019 knowledge or permission. It\u2019s also called\u00a0\u2018wagging school\u2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0If your child is truanting, it might look like they\u2019re going to school. They\u2019ll leave and come home at the usual time, and they might even go to school some of the time. But they\u2019ll miss particular classes or even whole days at school. They might spend their time in places like the shops, movies, parks or friends\u2019 houses.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">If you know your child has been wagging school,\u00a0talking with your child is an important first step. This will help you work out how to help your child get back to school.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Once a student is truant, they are considered juvenile, and the state or local government can enforce this. Truancy is different in every state and districts, some may place truant students in detention while others may place them in a community service project.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">You might want to try the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"> Talk with your child about why they\u2019re not going to school and what they\u2019re doing instead. For example, \u2018The school contacted me today to say you weren\u2019t there again. I think we need to talk\u2019.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"> Actively listen\u00a0when your child talks about why they\u2019re wagging school. This will help you understand what\u2019s going on. For example, \u2018\u00a0I know it\u2019s hard to say no when Austin asks you to wag\u2019. This will also help you pick up on any underlying problems.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"> Work with your child to find a solution. For example, \u2018Let\u2019s talk to your year coordinator about how to make things more interesting for you in class\u2019.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 TIPS FOR PREVENTING TRUANCY\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0*Ask your youngster her thoughts on truancy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 *Take an active interest in your kid\u2019s schoolwork. Ask \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 them to demonstrate what they learned in school.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 *Consider counseling in you, the parent,cannot resolve the issue on your own.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 *Give the consistent message, \u201cYou will go to school.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0*Look for negative behavior changes such as\u00a0staying out late.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0*Seek a counselor if your youngster\u2019s behavior becomes, distant, withdrawn, anxious, depressed, delinquent or aggressive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0 \u00a0*\u00a0When your child skips a class, react immediately insisting that your youngster attend school.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Truancy is when students are absent from school without their parents\u2019 knowledge or permission. It\u2019s also called\u00a0\u2018wagging school\u2019. \u00a0If your child is truanting, it might look like they\u2019re going to school. They\u2019ll leave and come home at the usual time, and they might even go to school some of the time. But they\u2019ll miss particular [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11506,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[6298],"class_list":["post-11505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion","tag-truancy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11505"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11505"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11507,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11505\/revisions\/11507"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}