Parents Often Battle To Get Their Children Mental Health Services At School

SPARTANBURG, S.C. — On a hot summer day last month, Sydney, 15, and Laney, 8, were enjoying their last two weeks of freedom before school started. The sisters tried to do flips over a high bar at a local playground.

“You’ve got to pull your hips into the bar, like you’ve got to kick up like that,” explained their mother, Selena.

“I tried to kick! I did this — you told me not to stick out,” said Laney indignantly.

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