Child identifies as a wolf ... WTF?

I wouldn't say it was a far right thing but a right wing thing like reform voters and MAGA voters, it's just it's that the commenter has always 'heard' that child identifies as 'insert animal here' and requires all sorts or accommodations, its an anti trams trope unsurprising on here bit often the proponents of this view also support forced birthing, anti immigration and often veiled anti lgbtqia+/racist dog whistles

I would very much like to identify as a cat, sleep most of the day with a few trips outside to half heartedly chase a squirrel. Might struggle to stomach the food though....

There are two 'furries' in the specialist provision at DD's school. From what she's said it just marks them out even more as being 'different' and makes them more of a target.

Was it on R4 or R2 and Jeremy Vine?

I've not listened to it yet but wonder if it's like little girls pretending to be horses?

You go along with it and normality soon pops back into view.

I presume wolf's don't play Xbox, eat ice cream or pizza, play with human friends etc. Shams really

I find it hard to believe some parents let their kids carry on with this shite. Doesn't say much for the parents imo.

Exactly! When I was 5/6 I wanted to be a cat so badly so I didn’t have to go to school!

Absolute nonsense and it’s got to peak at some point, then go back to normal where human boys are human boys and human girls are human girls.

If being right wing (you forgot to prefix right wing with FAR- right wing cannot be referred to without having Far in front of it-it's the law! )@JustAnotherPoster00 means that you have half a brain then bring on the right wing (far right)

Trans wolves are wolves
Just like Zebras are bras

Happy right wing trope day everybody🎂🎉

This poor transwolf IS a wolf. Bigots.
We need to help this wolf transition asap. We should be spending extra NHS funding on this ASAP!

In primary school, I'd treat this as playful (although not the toileting!)

In secondary school, parents need to nip this shit in the bud. I imagine other school kids are likely ripping the piss out of these kids.

If my secondary school child wanted to self ID as an animal, I'd give them a figurative smack in the head!

I’ve heard of an American family who dealt with this with their tween by building an outside enclosure out of scrap wood and chicken wire and chucking some raw meat and telling the tween that if they’re a wolf that is where they will live.

On the other hand, if they want to sleep in the bedroom and have pizza on Saturday night, then they are a child and will dress and behave like one.

Apparently that solved the problem.

Give it time!

No there isn't

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litter_boxes_in_schools_hoax

Maybe a certain fast food chain is tampering with the food and causing this chaos among some teens?

Being a human is rubbish, I'd prefer to be an animal too.

This is what you get when you tell kids they can be anything they want.

Really worrying times for our teenagers, who are already going through a challenging time in their lives with hormones all over the place.

Pffff this reminds me of that amazing clip "on all levels except physical, I am a wolf -barks at ducks-" I'll have to find it.

I can't get too worked up about this stuff, it's stupid but they grow out of it. "Otherkin" was rife on Tumblr a decade or so ago but they've all grown up and moved on from it now. I went to school with a girl who was utterly convinced she was, and identified as a were wolf. She's a completely normal, boring person now who runs a launderette. It's very much a silly phase for 99.9% of people.

Yes, you are absolutely right. Let them do that as well and then give them a kick up the arse.

Far cheaper to give them raw dead animals to eat and tell them to sleep in the woods.
If you're a wolf-then get on with it-be a wolf-no concessions made-they won't be in school for starters/

I think that we would find a very quick decrease in those identifying as wolves.

As I say, cheaper and more effective than pandering to this crap by giving them expensive help that they do not need.

Cats don't go to the loo on the grass. They dig a hole, cover it up. Then lick their paws and arse clean. If they are not doing that, they are not a cat.

I just found out from teenage DD that one of her friends is "therian". First time I've heard of it in real life, so to speak (live in a small town). Worries me but I haven't said anything to DD as she was very upset about the way some of the other girls have been talking, her whole group of friends are getting called furries and suchlike.

Oh, it's true. There's a boy in our village who does it. His mother supplies the outfits. Came to a BBQ dressed up, howling and grunting. He's an older brother of DS' friend. We've cut contact because we won't have DS around it, nor visiting a family who thinks their son being involved in a sexual fetish and forcing others to play along is okay.

Some at my dds school. They either want attention or they need serious help. (Prob both).