Yup, some gay and trans kids get beaten, abused and even murdered by their parents. And some are treated with dignity and respect.MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 27, 2023 8:17 pm As to the question, perhaps directed to me, it's indeed a highly problematic matter...but where I come down on it is that teachers shouldn't be trying to persuade kids to be anything in specific, they should simply respect the child's (or anyone else's) wishes to be addressed by whatever pronoun, gender they wish. Teachers should immediately bump the matter higher than themselves, however, as direct engagement with the student on these issues should be left to those trained and equipped to do so...but respect the kid's wishes in the meantime. As to the school communicating with the parent, I'm putting child safety first, so if a kid doesn't want the parents, or one parent, not to know, respect that as a signal...
As to my "rights" as a parent, I exercise my opportunity to earn the respect of my children as I raise them...if they don't trust me with such issues, that's on me for having failed to earn that trust.
It's obviously a more nuanced discussion regarding what and when parents need to be told if a kid approaches school staff in confidence, but some people want to boil it down to black and white.
And you're right, teachers aren't out there trying to persuade kids what gender they should be. . Although I'm sure there's one or two out of the millions of teachers that made some remark and someone will try to post a link saying "LOOK THEY'RE DOING IT"
As a parent, if your kid isn't telling you something as important as their core identity, you're doing something wrong.