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Children from the age of 5 to leaving school at 16–18 years will spend about 20% of their lives at school (and another 33% sleeping!) School and its activities thus play an important part in an important time of their development.
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Pollak, M., Fry, J. (1986). School problems. In: Commonsense Paediatrics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6367-5_10
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