Talk:School refusal

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This article is of course important to explain some phenomena in Japanese education, but it is nowhere limited to the country. The article contains no Japan-specific information. So it shouldn't be in the country-specific categories. -- Mkill 04:13, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

The current entry is not limited to any country as it is a stub, however, I intended to provide specific history of the phenomena relevant to Japan and that is why I provided links to Japan (I just got hammered with university work this week and a troll attack). Known as Toukyoukouhi in Japan, school refusal is seen as a much greater crisis than in the United States and elsewhere due to the Confucian influence on Asian cultures and the high value placed upon education in society. I could write something to that effect now, but I wanted to properly expand it with sources and citations. I'm going to add the categories back in and throw in a few Japan-specific paragraphs the next time I modify the entry okay? The other solution is to create an article for Toukyoukouhi, but to be honest, it would probably become merged with this stub eventually. --Mdziesinski 10:44, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

I would rather merge Truancy and School refusal in one article and make an extra article for the Japanese situation. -- Mkill 14:52, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

It might be worth noting that the ages provided -- 5, 6, 10, and 11 -- are synonymous with introduction into a new situation; in the United States, those are the ages in which children enter elementary school, or move in turn to middle school. Is there a primary source for definite correlation? Theogrin 17:01, 25 April 2006 (UTC)