Teachers will be forced to tell parents that their child is questioning their gender even if the young person objects under new guidance for schools in England, the equalities minister has indicated.

  • TheQuantumPhysicist@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    It’s two videos btw, two links separated by a space, but the formatting is bad.

    While you, as a person, may have good intentions, I can’t trust everyone to have that, and just shouldn’t. I disagree when you say the parent can’t do the best. It’s their job since kids are not qualified to make that decision and they’re legally even responsible. In an ideal world parents decisions should be perfect, but they’re not. But that doesn’t justify stripping away their parental rights and making decisions behind their back. This can be extensively abused. No one with children will ever get behind this.

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      That is very valid. And I understand why you’d want to know anytime you can do to help your child. A hardline approach isn’t the way though. Coming out is a very personal experience and as long as your doing your job as a parent they should be willing to do that when they are ready. Another part of being a parent is allowing your child to grow no matter what that means. Instead of a beautiful tree that can provide happiness and joy for themselves and everyone around them as well, they may end up as a sad houseplant in a pot that’s too small. At the end of the day I think we have two different philosophies on life and being parents but we can find something that is more beneficial than harmful, and from a personal place this is going to have terrible consequences.