Four Corners: April 29

Monday’s Four Corners, “The kids who can’t,” looks to the kids who want to go to school but feel like they can’t because of anxiety and stress.

“It’s honestly like a zoo. That’s how crazy it is … I just couldn’t cope.” – Will, student

“There will be people saying, ‘that woman just needs to tell her kids what’s what’. Before it happened to me, I was one of those parents.” – Symone, parent

A growing number of children in Australia are struggling to attend school – many of us know a family affected.

These are children who want to go to school but feel like they can’t because of anxiety and stress.

Four Corners follows families battling the blame, shame and fear of missing out on education – and visits some of the schools doing things differently.

8.30pm on Monday 29 April on ABC.

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