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How Can 4 Year Olds Know About A List Of 20+ "genders"...
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More lunacy from teachers.
More lunacy from teachers.
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Jim, Children are bullied for all sorts of reasons, so there really isn’t a case for championing this cause above all others. None of it is acceptable. Incidentally, when I was about eight years old, although I had no idea that trans-gender people existed, I desperately wanted to be a boy (reading The Famous Five did it). I’m very pleased I’m not – but if this sort of thinking had been ‘de rigueur’ then, I wonder how I would have been dealt with and how confused I might have become?
Gromit, the form was sent to parents of children about to start school – so, yes, the children can have been asked – by their parents..
Gromit, the form was sent to parents of children about to start school – so, yes, the children can have been asked – by their parents..
Gromit, //But the article reads like the have been 'officially' asked by someone in authority,//
I didn't read it like that. It's clear that the parents were requested to ask the children.
//The letter from Brighton and Hove City Council was sent to parents asking them to “support your child to choose the gender they most identify with”.//
I didn't read it like that. It's clear that the parents were requested to ask the children.
//The letter from Brighton and Hove City Council was sent to parents asking them to “support your child to choose the gender they most identify with”.//
I wouldn't want it to come across that this is the only issue that leads to bullying I care about. Obviously it's all unacceptable. What I'm objecting to is the resigned approach to the problem in general, that seems to encourage people to keep this (and presumably all over differences) a secret. We're better off being open, and yes that risks exposure to bullying.
I wouldn't want gender identities to be imposed on people in either direction. This has happened in some cases, and the results are often, if not always, tragic. I don't see that it hurts to be more open about it, though.
I wouldn't want gender identities to be imposed on people in either direction. This has happened in some cases, and the results are often, if not always, tragic. I don't see that it hurts to be more open about it, though.
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But why? The vast majority of parents will simply answer 'male' or 'female'.
There will be a (very) small number of parents who, by the time their kids reach school age, will have concerns about their child's gender identification.
If those parents need help and support, this seems to be an ideal opportunity to identify them.
And it has zero effect in the rest of us.
I don't expect parents to be rounding up their children, giving them a list of 25 gender references and asking them to choose.
But why? The vast majority of parents will simply answer 'male' or 'female'.
There will be a (very) small number of parents who, by the time their kids reach school age, will have concerns about their child's gender identification.
If those parents need help and support, this seems to be an ideal opportunity to identify them.
And it has zero effect in the rest of us.
I don't expect parents to be rounding up their children, giving them a list of 25 gender references and asking them to choose.
I've read all the links and I know what I would do were it my 4 year old, tick a box or discuss any issues I thought school needed to know in advance of their start date.
If things altered later - say 6/8 years or whenever then I'd deal with that then.
I do recall as a young Mum panicking that my daughter couldn't tie shoe laces at 4 which the school form requested she did - reason was she'd never worn lace ups. It got sorted within a week. So I know school starting and your child being accepted does matter.
I simply feel that some type of hysteria creeps in when issues such as this are raised - it will apply to only a few parents but it is good they know the school is there to listen on these matters.
If I haven't grasped it on the level others think I should then maybe it is because I am a simple soul who has successfully brought up two daughters and am part of the bringing up of my four grandchildren.
If things altered later - say 6/8 years or whenever then I'd deal with that then.
I do recall as a young Mum panicking that my daughter couldn't tie shoe laces at 4 which the school form requested she did - reason was she'd never worn lace ups. It got sorted within a week. So I know school starting and your child being accepted does matter.
I simply feel that some type of hysteria creeps in when issues such as this are raised - it will apply to only a few parents but it is good they know the school is there to listen on these matters.
If I haven't grasped it on the level others think I should then maybe it is because I am a simple soul who has successfully brought up two daughters and am part of the bringing up of my four grandchildren.
Mamyalynne, I’ve no doubt you’ve read all about it, but I don’t think you’ve read anything about people running ‘round house wailing and clutching head whilst muttering 'what is the world coming to'. It isn’t fair to ridicule parents who have genuine concerns about what others may be shoving into their children’s heads.
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