I agree with this. I think children do need more privacy and trust. That said, social transitioning is a powerful psycho-social intervention that should not be undertaken by school staff without parental support.
I agree with this. I think children do need more privacy and trust. That said, social transitioning is a powerful psycho-social intervention that should not be undertaken by school staff without parental support.
And you acknowledge this in your comment. As a parent who's worked with non-profits dealing with at-risk adolescents, we do need to re-visit the assumption that most parents are abusive--we need to be better at supporting families to repair and nurture healthy attachment rather than thinking they have to micro-manage their kids.
Exactly! Privacy to a teenager is super duper important. But a sex change is a different issue. There is just no way youтАЩre going to convince me that this many kids are trans. Ridiculous! Come on people! DonтАЩt let what happened to Sage, happen to your child. Please!
Well, obviously. But I think from a family perspective, having a kid who wants to keep his or her entire outside-the-home life secret from parents does kind of point to problems at home. Not necessarily abuse. There are just a lot of ways for a parent-child relationship to go poorly, and a child being secretive is a red flag for that. It doesn't "just happen".
So yeah, 100% schools shouldn't be transitioning kids without their parents' knowledge. That is creepy as hell and should be prosecutable. But it's a two-way street, IMO-- we're not talking about kids who have a great relationship with their parents. Maybe some of that could stand to be addressed on the parent side of things too?
I agree with you. However, donтАЩt forget to add that these children have experienced some form of trauma which needs to be addressed way before gender. This is my granddaughterтАЩs story. Thanks for sharing your excellent thoughts.
I agree with this. I think children do need more privacy and trust. That said, social transitioning is a powerful psycho-social intervention that should not be undertaken by school staff without parental support.
And you acknowledge this in your comment. As a parent who's worked with non-profits dealing with at-risk adolescents, we do need to re-visit the assumption that most parents are abusive--we need to be better at supporting families to repair and nurture healthy attachment rather than thinking they have to micro-manage their kids.
Amen!! Yes!
Exactly! Privacy to a teenager is super duper important. But a sex change is a different issue. There is just no way youтАЩre going to convince me that this many kids are trans. Ridiculous! Come on people! DonтАЩt let what happened to Sage, happen to your child. Please!
Well, obviously. But I think from a family perspective, having a kid who wants to keep his or her entire outside-the-home life secret from parents does kind of point to problems at home. Not necessarily abuse. There are just a lot of ways for a parent-child relationship to go poorly, and a child being secretive is a red flag for that. It doesn't "just happen".
So yeah, 100% schools shouldn't be transitioning kids without their parents' knowledge. That is creepy as hell and should be prosecutable. But it's a two-way street, IMO-- we're not talking about kids who have a great relationship with their parents. Maybe some of that could stand to be addressed on the parent side of things too?
I agree with you. However, donтАЩt forget to add that these children have experienced some form of trauma which needs to be addressed way before gender. This is my granddaughterтАЩs story. Thanks for sharing your excellent thoughts.