Child identifies as a wolf ... WTF?

Yep. I missed that one. Duh

Should have read it again FURst

in my primary school i was friends with someone who claimed to be a vampire, weirdest thing that happened was that on a day this had not even been mentioned he didnt enter my house until i said “well come in then” only after i realised the horror of letting a vamp in. This was 25odd years ago

When you all being so gloriously outraged by it all then I assure you teenagers will find something else. Maybe try making it a non issue. See how quickly they try tattoos or satanism again instead 🤦🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️

What a load of pure and utter 💩💩💩! And let's face it, the pupils are ripping the same 💩 out of teachers/school. Because, let's face it. First and foremost, a wolf is a WILD ANIMAL and would not be anywhere near humans, never mind in a fucking school. Dogs and cats also have no place in a school; we all know where the would/should be. It's about time this pish was nipped in the bud. Small children identifying as the opposite gender is bad enough. This wolf/animal business is on another level completely.

Yes! I agree! I would love to see some evidence children are identifying as cats at school.
The linked podcast didn't find any and talked a lot about teenagers identifying with animals, rather than as animals.

It's all a bit of an urban myth apparently

If people are going to throw around accusations, can they please back up their points with evidence.

Thanks

What posts are you referring to when you talk about 'nasty human beings' ?

This is what happens when you open the door to allowing a person’s perception to conflate with reality. How is this any different to a biological man saying he is a woman? People have the right to identify in any way they wish, but when they become entitled by power structures to force others to see their self perception as reality, the world become a mess. What will we have next the worlds of science and medicine being forced to change their language to accommodate those who identify as animals? Forcing vets to see humans who identify as cats?

There needs to be a distinct separation between biological and scientific reality and the beliefs people have about themselves. No matter how much I want to identify as a 7 foot giant, or as a teenager as a grown woman - these are no biological facts

Can't see it, can you quote it?

EXACTLY, glad to see at least a few people on Mumsnet aren’t absolutely nasty human beings.

And you’ve taken the bait to become outraged at it and use it for TERFy nonsense. You are the ridiculous one, sweetie 😘

Many years ago, in the late 80's, my son told his grandmother that he 'identified' as a dog. That was fine until teatime when everybody else got fish and chips on a plate - he got a tin of pedigree chum in a dog bowl.
Things were a bit tougher in them days.

The word no needs to be used alot more

Er.

It’s all nonsense dreamed up by the right wing media to get the transphobes foaming at the mouth. Looks like it’s worked.

There is one at a school in my town. It is very much a real and worrying situation. But what did people expect when they allowed men to call themselves women when they have XY chromosomes? It's sick and dangerous.

An academy is still a school?

The kid is a kid. Probably encouraged by the other animals at school and the attention. I don’t know what the adults are thinking.

It's not a school, it's an Acatemy.

As much as I wholeheartedly disagree with this absolute horseshit, as a teacher, if one of my students suddenly identifies as a wolf, their parents agree they are a wolf, and either a medical professional or someone higher up the education chain than me has signed off on this bullshit, I really have no choice but to go along with it. If I refused to teach them, imagine the shit I would land myself in! Parents need to be stepping up and as someone above said metaphorically slapping sense into their children! It's an absolute joke.

I listened to the whole programme earlier and it was interesting.
Around the 30 minute mark they discussed the school linked upthread in detail including fact checking.

Anyway the programme helped my get some of my thoughts in order. I think one of the most important things we can do for our children with respect to safeguarding is to teach them to trust their own instincts and have confidence in their own boundaries rather than deferring to someone else.

An authoritarian model where they are shown that parents/teachers views are more important than theirs undermines this and paradoxically leaves them more at risk of ignoring their internal early warning signs of danger.

I don't think we should be bringing up children to think other people's opinions on their personality/preferences etc are more important than their own.

Gentle parenting does not mean allowing your children to get away with being rude/bullying etc. It means explaining boundaries and using your voice rather than your temper to parent. It’s actually bloody hard work if done properly.

A friends husband works with a 'cat'. It's an awfully trendy media company so I guess he is getting off lightly.

Quite literally from the very first page

https://wingsoverscotland.com/everything-is-transphobic/

Natch.