Mental Health Days Off From School: A Necessity or a privilege? If you’re one of the 60 million Americans who experience mental illness every year, school can be stressful and overwhelming. If your child has a mental health condition, it can be even more so. That’s why many schools have taken steps to provide students with resources and support, such as mental health days off from school. But are these necessary? Are they really helping or are they harming kids? Should students get mental health days off from school? What are mental health days for students Often, students experience stress and anxiety as they try to balance schoolwork with extracurricular activities, relationships and family life. Stress can take its toll on students both physically and mentally. While many schools have counseling centers and other mental health resources for students, there is only so much those resources can do in terms of helping alleviate a student’s stress. For some high schoolers, taking time
