School phobia, also called school anxiety disorders, affects between 4% and 10% of students, according to Public Health France. There are routes to get out of it.
For his mother Astrid, Mahaut had always been an easy child, who worked very well, never made a fuss… ‘ Until that day in May.’ For his father Philippe, the pressure has become too much, she has not been able to get through the school gates. “ Frankly, at first we didn’t believe it,” admits Philippe, financial director of a Lyon company.