340,000 primary and secondary school students refuse to go to school, the highest level ever… Parents who let their children become “middle-aged and middle-aged shut-ins” when they no longer go to school, and parents who let their children become “middle-aged and middle-aged shut-ins” when they no longer go to school. don’t let them do that If you neglect your child, “your old age” will definitely be stopped.

What should I do if my child refuses to go to school or I go to school? Takanobu Sugiura of the School Refusal and Hikikomori Association said, “During my 39 years of support experience, I have realized that people of any age can return to society if they follow the right steps -confidence,” and “put to society.”

* This article was written by Masanobu Takahama and Takanobu Sugiura.Worry no more! 90% of school refusal and hikikomori cases can be resolved.This is a re-edited version of an excerpt from “Jitsugyo Publishing” (Jitsugyo Publishing).

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Japan lacks public support when not attending school

On October 31, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology announced thatNumber of students not attending school in primary and secondary schools: 346,482announced that it had grown This is an increase of around 50,000 people from last year, and this is the 11th year in a row that the number of people visited has increased.

For the past 39 years, I have counseled parents and children struggling with school refusal or social withdrawal. Right after the new coronavirus epidemic started, when schools were closed all over the country, I was sure that if things continued like this, there would be a sudden increase in truancy and withdrawal.A rapid rise in school refusals and withdrawals from the coronavirus panic aid scene” (Kobunsha Shinsho) was urgently published, but that just happened.

The effects of the coronavirus are still being felt. What happened is still being felt.

My child, born in 2020, is now 4 years old, but he was raised not to go outside when he was young, so he starts crying just by put his feet on the grass.

The generation of children who could not go on a school trip because of the coronavirus when they were in primary school are now willing to go on a school trip even after the pandemic is over and they will be high school students -young school because they have no experience. . I worry that children of the coronavirus generation are more likely to become hikikomori.

Currently in Japan, each local government has an educational center (adaptive instruction classroom) as a countermeasure against school refusal, but only about 10% of children use it. About 90% can’t go anywhere（※1）. If your children can’t go to school, they can’t go to school just by preparing a box.

In other words, even if a child refuses to go to school or becomes a hikikomori, no one in Japan wants to help him. If you leave him alone, problem 8050 Hachimarugoumaru, problem 9060 Kyumarurokumaru（※2）It will develop into.

But do not despair. Depending on how you do things, you can get back as much as you want. The important thing is to know the right support method.

*1 Calculated from “fiscal year 2020 survey results regarding issues related to student management such as problematic behavior and refusal to attend school”. The number of children who did not attend school (primary and secondary school students) was 299,048. Of these, 25,292 people attended educational support institutions, or 8.45% (rounded down to the third decimal place).
*2 A situation where parents in their 80s and 90s have to take care of hikikomori children in their 50s and 60s, respectively.