How to fake illness? – School makes me sick!

In this infographic ‘How to fake illness?’, we take a look at the age-old story of kids faking sick in order to get out of school. This phenomenon is also known as school phobia.

Did you know that 10% of school-aged children fake an illness to get out of school? More than 5% of children suffer from ‘school phobia’. School phobia is a serious form of school avoidance that causes children to really feel physically ill at the thought of attending school.

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