Why The Students Who Need Your Help the Most Are the Ones Who Reject It (Understanding Avoidant Attachment)
About this episode
This episode explores why some students who need support reject it, through the lens of avoidant attachment.
Some of the pupils who need the most support are the ones who refuse it. They say they’re fine. They push adults away. They avoid check-ins, mentoring and pastoral support - then struggle or explode under pressure. In this episode of School Behaviour Secrets, we explore why this happens, through the lens of avoidant attachment. Not as a label, but as a way of understanding why help itself can feel unsafe for some children. You’ll learn why well-meaning support strategies sometimes backfire, w...
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