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Teachers in England will have to tell parents if children question their gender
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 17 Jul 2023
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Why is this automatically what's going to happen to kids whose teachers tell their parents if they're socially transitioning?
Why is it always 'OH MY GOD, THE PARENTS WILL KNOW THEY WILL KILL THESE KIDS'
Unless you can prove that that is the most likely scenario in these cases, that's a shit argument.
How often does this happen? Can you provide any statistics that can convince a reasonable person this is a widespread issue?
Exactly the difference between you and I. I think the people should be protected from the government, so we can live our lives. You think the government should protect the people by everyone doing what the government thinks.
Some, sure.
You're acting like this is the default situation if the teachers tell their parents that the kids are socially transitioning at school.
And if you look at the survey that it's based on, it's clear why the numbers are staggering.
"We are also proud that this sample is our most diverse yet, with 45% being LGBTQ youth of color and 38% being transgender or nonbinary."
nearly 40% of the surveors is made up of the minority of people that identify as LGBTQIAS2+. Transgenders make up 8% of the LGBTQIA2S+ community, and they clearly have these issues much worse than the others in the community. So they're weighted more than 4x as much in these statistics.
Do you think these %'s would change vastly if they used a proportionate sample size as the LGBTQIA2S+?
I agree, especially trans youth, have issues at home, that's why I'm for a huge investment in programs helping these kids, not just for the + community, but for all youths experiencing homelessness, but that's outside the scope of schools.
What cases would you say the government is used for the people by the people? What's that mean in schools today?
Because what I'm seeing is it's being used by the education system, for the education system. Our test scores are near the bottom of all OECD countries, despite spending more than any other country, and 30% more than most of our peer countries
The schools say we don't give them enough money, that's why we're falling behind. But instead, we give them much much more, while receiving a worse and worse education, and they want to teach our kids stuff we don't want them to. I imagine the reaction would be different if the education system was doing well, if we felt our kids were being taught correctly. Instead it's crappy, expensive and not what we want, that's a bad sell to most parents.
I'm not worried about it. I treat people with love, and patience. Just because you and I have different views on how to tackle social issues, doesn't mean I'm gonna die alone and my kids will hate me. It actually makes me feel really bad for you that you think if someone disagrees with you, that their lives should be miserable.