Somehow I was unaware until school started this week that the state I live in, Indiana, passed a law this year requiring the school to REPORT to the parents if a child requests to be called by a different name or gender pronoun than they registered under…and the parent has to give written permission for the school to use said name or gender pronouns. This has put a ridiculous burden on the teachers, of course. Today I got an email notifying me that my son, Ben, would like to be called Ben and not Benjamin. I signed a form. Thousands of other parents will do so as well.
This is absolutely fucking ridiculous in so many ways. The pursuit of eliminating trans people at all costs has gotten so out of hand. This is some Taliban shit.
Please…for fuck’s sake call my kids whatever they want to be called, have drag queens read to them…teach them that slavery was bad and gay people exist. Let the teachers teach. Help my kids to be smart and kind and call it a day…I trust our public school system. This is so infuriating.
To the people passing these laws, I hope your children and grandchildren are ashamed of you and put you in a shitty nursing home and never visit you…and then you die (of old age) and the next generation is better. This is disgusting.
Wait, you want teachers to keep secrets from parents?
Explain to me the problem the law solves. Things were fine, this is a manufactured trans panic.
The government should not keep secrets from the parent without a court order involved. Thats common sense, falls under “Don’t trust the government” And yall wonder why so many are home schooling these days
Since when are teachers part of “the government” lmao
And no one is wondering why so many are home schooling. We are well aware it’s because ignorant parents are afraid that their children will be exposed to ideas, concepts, and facts that they disagree with. The parents are pretty vocal about it we do not have to speculate.
Okay, public school teachers. Fine, I wasn’t pedantic enough.
And yall are misinformed about homeschooling, like you are most things.
Who said keep secrets?
Do you expect every teacher to call parents if they hear Steven getting called Steve?
Yes, if a child feels comfortable sharing something in confidence with a supportive adult in their life, the adult should respect that privacy. Of course things like being a danger to themselves or others, or signs of possible abuse, should always be reported. What it comes to is that we don’t know what is waiting for that child at home. Parents are not always good, understanding, or open-minded people.
What “secrets” are you talking about?
Any kind. Road to hell is paved with good intentions.
That is a good thing that the parents need to be advised. They have the responsibilities of the well beoing of their children.
Is this sarcasm, “Throwaway?”
Edit: scrolled down. It’s not sarcasm. Eek.