My 6 year old use to love school but all of a sudden every Monday right before he has to go inside...?

Question

he starts crying and makes up an excuse not to go. Does anyone have any ideas on how to help him like school again?

Answer 1

erm i was just reading news about this.

perhaps there's some bully at school?
or the teachers have scolded him for some reason?
i think it is important for you to find that out.

i like in singapore, which is has very strict laws, but there're are cases of teacher abuses, especially with kids younger than 7.
i think it is better if you found the root cause, rather than make him like school again.

Answer 2

Hi. My 7yr.old did the same exact thing last year. I couldnt understand it at all. I then went into the school with her and asked her teacher if maybe something happened at all. Then I would just hang around for a few minutes with her in class before it started. Sometimes she would let me leave other times she wouldnt. The teacher would have to distract her so I could leave.
Come to find out me nor the teacher had no explaination on this behavior but she did stop and now loves school.
I do think she may had some kind of anxiety for Monday mornings but the rest of the week was fine.

Answer 3

This happened to my child when he was about 5 he loved school and then all of the sudden on school days he complained that he didn't feel good, or he had a headache. I would take him to dr.'s he was fine then finally I had to sit down with my child and ask him: Why don't you like school anymore did anything happen. He explained to me something I never wanted to hear that he had been touched by another child in his class. I hope that it is nothing as serious as that but perhaps sit him down take out a school photo and ask him if there is any kid here that picks on you or makes you feel uncomfortable. Good Luck.

Answer 4

Talk to his teacher about it, it could possibly be a bully or something along those lines. Make sure he is not falling behind in school. Try telling him all the positive things about school like his recess time, his friends, and tell him how much you liked school when you were his age. Also, try convincing his teacher to playing more fun, hands on yet educational games with the class. Try volunteering in the class as much as you can if he sees you there or if he knows your going to be there, he might get more excited about going to school. Talk to him about his day at school, what were his favorite parts? what was his favorite game? who did he play with?, remember to stay in touch. Reassure him that school is a good thing, and at the end of the day he can come home, be with you and have fun.

Answer 5

I would be concerned that something has happened at school to cause the sudden change. I would talk to your child and find out if someone has been picking on him or if something else has happened. Children don't usually have a habit of all of a sudden changing about liking something unless something is going on.

Answer 6

If you want him to like school again, you need to find out the problem. Maybe he misses you, maybe something is going on. I would definately talk to his teacher and see if you can get any info from her, and don't feel bad about asking-they expect you to be concerned and would think you were weird if you weren't. Remember kids can be mean for the weirdest reasons, and he might be getting picked on for something really simple. It may be more serious, but I would think you will be able to figure it out.

Answer 7

Ask him why he doesn't want to go to school. If he is like my son, you might have to ask every single question you can think of to get an answer.

Is school too hard/boring...etc?
Is your teacher mean?
Are kids being mean/teasing you?

Ask him everything you can think of to get an answer, and then try to figure out ways you can fix it together. If you have to, set up a meeting with his teacher.

If there is no reason for him to not want to go to school, you will just have to tell him that it is his job to go to school, just like it is an adults job to go to work. You just have to go, so you might as well make the most of it.

Answer 8

talk to the teacher. Something has happened at school and she/he may know what and help to sort it out. Even if the teacher doesn't know they are the best to help in these situations as they deal with them all the time

Answer 9

You need to talk to him because something could have happened to him at school. Find out why he doesn't want to go back. Check the teacher out. Someone probably said they were going to beat him up.

Answer 10

Does your child sleep in the same bed as you? Sometimes this causes separation anxiety and so it's hard for them to want to leave you when you go places. That happened with my daughter and so I had to go through the process of making her go to bed by herself before I went to bed. There was screams and cries, but it was worth it. She learned to do things on her own after that. Also, sometimes their work load gets harder as they advance to the next grade. This also happened with my 7 yr old daughter. If that is the case, encourage your child as much as you can to make the course load fun as your child tries to get through the day.