Allow Children to have 'Mental health day's' off school.

Rejected 13 signatures

What the petition asks

Everyone has a bad day, even children! As an adult we can take a mental health day from work, why are we not letting children do the same from school?

Many children struggle with the thought of going to school. They struggle with the mental anguish it causes and the resulting reactions it causes such as melt downs and bouts of anxiety. Why should we force our children to push through when we as adults would be allowed to take a mental health day and not have it impact our attendance record. I propose this should be the same for children , allow mental health days as sick days for children in school without punishment of parents or children.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.

Schools are already required to allow pupils to be absent due to ill health, which includes mental health, so we're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to change.

You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.

Timeline

13 Oct 2022	Petition opened for signatures
17 Oct 2022	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 13

Status Rejected

Rejected 17 Oct 2022

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