30 Days With My School-refusing Sister -

Leo shifted tactics. Day four: no demands. He simply sat on the floor of her room, reading his own textbook. She watched him from the corner of her eye. He didn’t mention school once. At noon, she whispered, “I’m not lazy. My stomach hurts every morning. Real pain.”

Each tiny win got a checkmark. No punishment for misses. 30 Days with My School-Refusing Sister

When my sister first stopped going to school, we called it "playing hooky." By the second week, it was "a phase." By the third, it was a crisis. To understand what was happening, I spent documenting our lives—shifting from a frustrated bystander to an active ally in her battle with school refusal. Week 1: The Wall of Resistance Leo shifted tactics

30 Days with My School-Refusing Sister is a management-style visual novel where the player takes on the role of an older brother tasked with caring for his younger sister, who has stopped attending school. She watched him from the corner of her eye

I’d spent nine days trying to “solve” Mira. On Day 10, I tried something radical: I asked, “What would feel safe right now?”

Living with a school-refusing sibling taught me that It’s staying calm when they scream, and staying present when they withdraw.