Anybody considering home schooling because of all of this gender fuckery?

What the hell?????

Do you think this nonsense will pass? I gave about 5 years until mine are at high school. They'll be so confused!🤯

Academic background, hm ......the whole tone of the post sounds like a horsewoman

Bookworm- cats maybe, but a girl at my dcs school says she is a fox. I’m not even joking.
DC thinks it’s ridiculous, we’ve had a funny conversation imagining the poor child going through bins, getting chased by dogs etc. DC isn’t sure what the girl actually does to be a fox, no whiskers or tail apparently. Again, for the benefit of doubt, this is in a UK school.

wow, what a mouthful. You do not believe Jesus existed but are against the trans agenda.

I can’t read that because it requires a Facebook login.

So where you say “It’s true unfortunately. The newspapers reported on it yesterday.” The newspapers are reporting that it is not true, but people on Facebook are saying otherwise?

www.facebook.com/146600518741160/posts/pfbid0X3KWEyGcSH4gBQeCZ1zzJavES7DLHBqkwQsdFauBDj8WTkoSQS8csyYx66kKKsADl/

This article also states that it's false rumours but many local parents have said that their children say it's all true. The school are just denying it. There is a picture and video circulating of one of them , and it is definitely in the same town, not just a random picture that someone found online. They look terrifying.

The ‘kids identifying as cats’ thing is an urban legend originating in the US. Anyone claiming it’s happening at their school is a bullshit merchant.

"Virtually all scholars of antiquity accept that Jesus was a historical figure[note 1][note 2][4][5][6][7] and dismiss denials of his existence as a fringe theory, while many details like his alleged miracles are subject to debate.[8][9][10][11]"

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historicity_of_Jesus#:~:text=Historical%20existence,-The%20Resurrection%20of&text=Virtually%20all%20scholars%20of%20antiquity%20agree%20that%20a%20historical%20human%20Jesus%20existed.

No serious, intelligent person thinks that Jesus didn't exist. Not believing his deity is one thing, but it's a historically accepted fact that he existed.

Sorry but had to clear that up.

It's not really possible to homeschool if you're a teacher though so none of us do

I'm a teacher and I feel I know my area well and the schools my kids go to so am not worried. The whole thing is a bit late to hit up here compared to other areas. At the moment. I know of some issues in a neighbouring LA.

I'm aware it may not last but I also feel it's less of an issue for my boys than if I had girls.

I've also spent a lot of time grounding them in nature and biology, busting sexism and gender stereotypes (though they're both pretty conforming.)

Very much delaying phones and social media as long as I possibly can. They don't have Internet access beyond cbbc/ iPlayer. No robolox etc, mine craft closed is ok. I took YouTube kids away mainly as I hate the format but also my eldest's behaviour was effected (as was a friend's child of the same age.) he watches much better things via iPlayer, including lots of nature documentaries.

This is a very strange perspective. Are you aware, OP, that even when your child is at school, you will still see him and speak to him? You will be his primary influence. My kids went to the village primary - C of E - lots of religious assemblies and church visits but they still came out as atheists. They then went to the local state comp for secondary school, where there are a few trans people I believe, but literally no peer pressure to be trans. And the teachers never discuss it as far as I can gather.

I think you're catastrophising.

@Kam610

Could you link to the article please? The only one I can find is debunking it as a conspiracy theory.

You’re trying to assert a level of control that would be worrying to be honest. You can’t cut kids off from social discourse and if you home school properly, he will still be socialising and my gut is with a high proportion of children from families who are less mainstream and maybe more into this sort of thing. Also, teens says all sorts of things, it doesn’t mean that is what they will believe in 5-10 years. Sorry, I think you are overthinking it.

Well indeed @Gcfemale - the thing I find most troubling is the dereliction of duty by the adults who don't seem to be able to understand child development or imaginative play - sooo eager are they to show how incredibly broad minded they are.

@RaininginDarling I wonder how the school can take the side of people who deem themselves to be non domesticated animals, afaik, schools don't enrol animals so said animals should have zero involvement in any decision making for anything. As cats are they allowed to crap anywhere too? And currently if you run over a cat you don't have to report it to the police, how would they/their parents feel about that? It's total BS - and such a first world problem, I bet if they were plonked in the middle of a third world country they would soon have more important stuff to occupy them.

Home educated children are far from deprived, school is very limiting, imagine thinking the only way your child can get an education is between the four walls of a classroom?

It's true unfortunately. The newspapers reported on it yesterday. The school and the council are supposedly denying that there are "cats" at the school, even though numerous pupils have confirmed it's true, but they did admit that their staff have had to clean up faeces.

For me personally, I go along with requests to do with pronouns etc (you rarely use third person pronouns within earshot of the person you're referring to anyway) because there is no conceivable harm to women from that. I do find it confusing and irritating AF when my year 11s refer to individual pupils as they. It seems to be the new in thing, even if the pupil in question is not trans or anything. I do try not to roll my eyes too loudly though...

You’ll meet exactly the same stuff being spouted in HE groups. I think school is easier.

We shouldn't have to take children out of schools because some of the adults in them are behaving unprofessionally. We need to challenge schools when they get dodgy organisations in or become Stonewall champions and create a hostile environment for girls and women. We need to speak out in numbers, not stay silent and insist that schools deal with what they have the skills and knowledge to deal with - & that doesn't include socially transitioning children.

Re the cat thing, that's been around for a while. My children say these kids are called the Furries at school, can be any animal apparently not just cats! Complete madness. We discuss these things at mealtimes and we all agree it's bonkers, my children laugh about it. They tell me the Furries are generally a slightly oddball group who are really just after a bit of attention. I don't think my children will be in any way affected going forward. There are some very strange people around, I think it's best to acknowledge that and get on with your own life.