School, the institution is not for everyone, and is definitely not normal, even though society has normalized it. My son went through periods of anxiety and str

School, the institution is not for everyone, and is definitely not normal, even though society has normalized it. My son went through periods of anxiety and stress through school and there was a push by a teacher and an administrator to have him diagnosed with something, anything really. If my daughter hadn't been at the same school and witnessed a couple of incidents of him being publicly shamed and bullied by the teacher, I wouldn't have known what to do. He's now in a private school which takes place predominantly outdoors, nature based, and the transformation in him is phenomenal. The anxiety is gone and he's such an open mind and engages in conversations in ways he'd shy away from before. I wonder and worry about kids who've experienced the same but suffer it for their entire grade-school experience with no reprieve.