Furries in schools

Culture.war.

Of course the schools deny it!

But there is actually footage of furries at that school, proving that the school is lying:

https://www.theblaze.com/news/contrary-to-salt-lake-tribune-fact-check-photos-and-videos-appear-to-show-multiple-students-dressed-and-behaving-as-furries-at-utah-school

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/apr/26/megyn-kelly/fact-checking-claim-that-a-utah-middle-school-allo/

www.foxnews.com/media/school-district-responds-rumors-kids-identifying-furries-student-protest.amp

https://www.ksl.com/article/50985141/no-evidence-of-furries-in-nebo-school-district-despite-allegations-social-media-firestorm

There are furries at my kids school, tails, ears and whiskers (allegedly some kids have whiskers on elastic type bands, can't quite picture it myself!) all get taken off for science, DT, and food tech. for health and safety, otherwise the school don't seem to mind. I haven't asked but am confident there are no litter trays or anything remotely worrying about the current trend. It's the girls who like to pretend, and no they don't meow, bark or hiss in class (they do have their own animal 'language' for use with each other at break and out of school... although that could be all youths....it all sounds alien to me!) dd is not a furry herself, a couple of her friends are. I know as adults we read more into it, and as another poster has pointed out, for some kids who really do 'believe', there could be issues if they become isolated and go on line to seek out others. However in DD's friendship group it's more akin to the punks, goths and hippies of my school days!

Someone stop the world, I'm getting off.

Interview with the group of kids. Interestingly, near the end, when asked why the teachers don't intervene they say that the head's daughter is a furry so she supports it!

https://twitter.com/scarlett4kids/status/1782201886927429859?t=unU131SSpDJJUTinz68axQ&s=19

https://twitter.com/SULLY10X/status/1782934725344034976?t=OHGADM1M9nolQiEZEfC3zw&s=19

Footage of kids in the US saying how they are affected by furries at their school.

If you want photographic evidence just search "furries in school" on Twitter/X. I don't think any of the photos are from inside school grounds as that would be illegal.

So now it's all made up because the press haven't published a photo of a (probably vulnerable) schoolchild wearing fox ears and a tail taken by another schoolchild in contravention of school rules? Right...

@Cazpar I know. Funny that.

@WhatAMessWales I agree with everything you wrote, particularly about it being the more marginalised and vulnerable children who continue to be made more vulnerable by this.

I regularly see a boy dressed as a wolf out and about, with a lanyard from the local 6th form college.

Probably harmless, I find my eyeballs rolling a lot.

It's amazing how common this is. And how many teens have smart phones.

And yet, no-one has produced any photographic evidence of these children wearing ears in class, or eating out of bowls like animals, or "furry rooms", or litter trays in the toilets.

Anonymous "my cousin's friends kid goes to a school with a girl who meows" posts on social media prove diddly squat.

Much of this sounds the same as things have always been. I was a goth in high school - pushed the uniform policy by wearing studded belts, jewellery. Some teachers ignored it, others pulled me up on uniform rules. Our sixth form common room was made up of multiple small rooms owned by friendship groups - so ours was known as “the goth room”. We didn’t meow but we would sometimes speak in Marilyn Manson quotes. Our parents were terrified that we were worshipping the devil and doing drugs, in reality apart from a smattering of underage drinking we were pretty nice kids!

Obviously, if other kids are getting harmed by it, or some kids are getting away with bad behaviour for no reason, that’s different. But teenagers have always had “identities” that they take in to school, and use to push boundaries.

It's really annoying for everyone who's experienced this to essentially be called a liar (and their children liars) in the absence of so-called "credible evidence".

If there were loads of instances of parents saying their children were eg being forced to eat everything on their plates at lunchtime but the schools denied this was happening would you also assume that the children/parents are all making it up just because you or your child havent experienced it happening? What "credible evidence" could you get of this?

What school is going to admit in the press that this is an issue for them? None! Yet my teacher friend says they are all fed up with it but get no support from SLT who don't want to address it.

This is what happens when authority is taken away from the adults and handed to the kids with free reign to do exactly what they want.
Who the hell didn't see this coming?
I will get my arse flamed for this (probably) but I call bullshit on this having to accommodate the persons wishes to identify as a dragon and scratch people indiscriminately because of their mental health. These kids are taking the piss.because nobody is ever allowed to say "NO" anymore

Hmmm, all righty then.

?! People identifying as furries at school. I thought that would have been obvious in the context.

I'm not going to waste my time listing out all of the examples. The one my DD most recently mentioned was a girl who identifies as a dog walking around the lunchroom on all fours, mixing up her food (some kind of weird couscous and yoghurt combination) and eating it out of a bowl with no hands. She was visiting another school at an inter-school event and said none of the teachers or staff did anything about it. They just ignored it.

I agree with this 100%

The trouble with 'is this really happening?' is we can slip from one definition of 'this' to another.

If 'there are litter trays' is debunked, does that mean the rest of 'this' isn't happening either?

I've heard enough first hand accounts from teachers and children to feel confident that something is happening. Yes, it's a kids subculture, but if Darren the Goth had turned up at school in his massive boots, rings and leather coat, they'd send him home, right? Schools/teachers have been so cowed by identity campaigners that they are hindered from pushing back on behaviour that's clearly unacceptable.

Smart kids can spot an opportunity a mile off. "I can wear cat ears and a tail, even though I can't wear earrings or boots. I can refuse to speak in lessons and get away with disruptive behaviour. Great."

This might not mean they're fully signed up to furry subculture. But even if they're just playing with it, some really bad things are already happening. It's not harmless. Some of them will drift further into it than they might ever have planned to. Everyone can see that adults/the school are not holding any kind of sane or consistent line, and disruption is being tolerated. But most of all, when most kids have moved on, the ones who are still all-in on this are the most socially isolated and vulnerable kids, who are being encouraged to isolate themselves further, and have basically been primed to seek out 'furry culture' online. And guess who they're going to find.

@Insomniahasclearlygotme

Interesting how "has a litter tray" so quickly became...

As far as I am aware the litter tray she requested was denied but she has been given a designated toilet.

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Yes this is happening. I know of two cases. My niece and nephew in an Irish secondary school where one girl identifies as a dog. My nephew and a gang of lads bark at the 'dog' to file her up as they think it's nonsense. Some of the other girls are non binary and pick which bathroom to use.

In another Irish school one toilet has been designated for trans, my youngest is in this school. The school principal told me she avoids pronouns by using the children first name

And I know of a case in South Africa where one child identifies as a wolf. I have not heard of litter trays though.

To be clear, it was dealt with by school after I did raise a complaint when he came home. He is not the only child this happened to, there is wider context not relevant to the OP, and I’m not particularly pleased with his reaction after DS told his science teacher to fuck off when she intervened in favour of the young girl because of her “mental health issues” (not making light that was the explanation I was given). No I did not go to the press as I do not believe that would help in the slightest. How I chose to deal with the situation is my business.

As far as I am aware the litter tray she requested was denied but she has been given a designated toilet. I’m simply saying that actually yes this is happening in schools.

@bookworm14 👏

I just don’t believe you I’m afraid.