Do you really think a teacher should have the power to hide a child's gender identity from his or her parents?it means how an individual views and understands their own gender.
You wrote “gender identity”…what does that mean?
I don't know. You're using loaded language. Try rephrasing the question. "Do you think a teacher should be required to report a child's gender identity to the parents?" That's really asking the same thing.
The funny aspect of this thread is how mcm666 is now posting as a woman. The second funniest thing is that it’s a totally fictional character, which we were told never happens.
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mcm666 is now posting as a woman
I think the correct term is "E-Trans"...
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Telling the parents about the gender identity of a student may not be in the best interest of the child.
Under what circumstances would telling a parent not be in the best interests of the kid?
Do you really think a teacher should have the power to hide a child's gender identity from his or her parents?it means how an individual views and understands their own gender.
You wrote “gender identity”…what does that mean?
Maybe they should stop sharing their grades & behavior with parents too since some may be abusive if a child underperforms.
I don't know. You're using loaded language. Try rephrasing the question. "Do you think a teacher should be required to report a child's gender identity to the parents?" That's really asking the same thing.
Absolutely! And I’d go a step further, if the teacher, as a trusted adult, in any way encourages the gender issue, the teacher should at least be investigated for abuse and made to attend a training explaining the danger of gender confusion to prepubescent or adolescent kids.
Telling the parents about the gender identity of a student may not be in the best interest of the child.
Under what circumstances would telling a parent not be in the best interests of the kid?
I can think of a few hypotheticals.
1) Their family is fundamentalist Muslim and do an honor killing.
2) The family is fundamentalist Christian and sends the kid to one of those conversion therapy camps.
3) #1 or #2 but disowns the kid or otherwise has a bad reaction.
4) Some mix of any of the above and the kid kills themself.
In an ideal world, there are good parental relationships with kids and there wouldn’t be any potential risks for the kid, but the world ain’t perfect.
Yeah, I think the answer to your question is so obvious as to not need asking by any normal person.Do you really think a teacher should have the power to hide a child's gender identity from his or her parents?it means how an individual views and understands their own gender.
You wrote “gender identity”…what does that mean?
I don't know. You're using loaded language. Try rephrasing the question. "Do you think a teacher should be required to report a child's gender identity to the parents?" That's really asking the same thing.
if any of that is known to the education folks, they are obligated to report the parents for abuse. Potential parental overreaction is not a good enough reason th keep it secret.
Already laws for that. Teachers are legally obligated to report any reasonable suspicion of child abuse or neglect, even without direct evidence, to authorities like Child Protective Services or law enforcement.Telling the parents about the gender identity of a student may not be in the best interest of the child.
Under what circumstances would telling a parent not be in the best interests of the kid?
I can think of a few hypotheticals.
1) Their family is fundamentalist Muslim and do an honor killing.
2) The family is fundamentalist Christian and sends the kid to one of those conversion therapy camps.
3) #1 or #2 but disowns the kid or otherwise has a bad reaction.
4) Some mix of any of the above and the kid kills themself.In an ideal world, there are good parental relationships with kids and there wouldn’t be any potential risks for the kid, but the world ain’t perfect.
The point, here, though, is that "fluid gender identity" is a hotly contested political and psychological issue. And you want a teacher--someone potentially in their 20s, never raised a kid, and with the educational level of some directional school--to make the call on this over the parents?
none of those are abuse until the thing happens, so I don’t reckon there would be anything to report. Like, I don’t suspect the authorities would care about a report of “I’m afraid Johnny’s parents are religious fundamentalists.” What are they supposed to do with that?
but your question was whether there are situations where telling the parents could not be in the best interests of the kid. An honor killing or a reaction that pushes a kid to suicide would certainly appear to me to be in the ballpark of that.
do those very real scenarios create enough of a reason to make policy? I don’t know.
@bradstevens You got this right. It isn't hard. Lefties are always trying to confuse things that aren't confusing. Parents decide all things with their kids. Not the schools. If a kid shows up with a black eye and a burn mark and says dad this call the authorities. That's it. No teacher is in a position to do anything other than teach the subjects. We now have activist teachers. I won't stand for them. Neither will my girlfriends. Schools have two problems. Activist lefty teachers and administrators who care more about the perception of the school than what's actually going on inside the school by way of actually education. I'm sure you know about Beth Straw over at the middle school here in Carmel? We can't even find subs and this is how they treat her for being oldddddddddddddddd school. Sad times.
I'm sure you know about Beth Straw over at the middle school here in Carmel? We can't even find subs and this is how they treat her for being oldddddddddddddddd school. Sad times.
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Very real scenarios? How often do honor killings of children for gender fluidity occur in the US?none of those are abuse until the thing happens, so I don’t reckon there would be anything to report. Like, I don’t suspect the authorities would care about a report of “I’m afraid Johnny’s parents are religious fundamentalists.” What are they supposed to do with that?
but your question was whether there are situations where telling the parents could not be in the best interests of the kid. An honor killing or a reaction that pushes a kid to suicide would certainly appear to me to be in the ballpark of that.
do those very real scenarios create enough of a reason to make policy? I don’t know.