Children wearing tails?

[ShepherdMoons]

Dd's friend at drama club has recently started wearing a tail.She sometimes wears ears.It looks quite cute but I also find it a bit odd (they are 11).Dd hasn't asked to wear a tail (yet) but wondering if this might be her next question.I appreciate there's a bit of a trend for this at the moment and seems relatively harmless but I do find it odd.AIBU?

Not seen this one personally. Sounds harmless enough or am I missing something?

It's just like wearing fancy dress isn't it? Like a child wearing a tutu, plastic crown or pirate hat, don't see any harm in it myself.

Well the Ress-Moggs minor and diminutive look fine in top hat and tails so why not?

Is she identifying as a furry? or is it just fancy dress?

This is the new ‘furry’ bollocks that’s going around.

Ask them if they are furries - if so, google it and decide how you feel about that.

It does feel a bit childish at 11, but maybe better than rolling their skirts up and borrowing your makeup?

Sadly it’s adult furry fetishisation creeping into childhood.

Ask them if they want to eat cat food instead of pizza and chips

My DD12 (year8) wears a tail, ears and she has paws too (she wants a full fur-suit, but they're expensive!). She classes herself as a Furry/Therian - there's a whole community of them at school and online that she hangs out with

Yes it is a bit odd, but there's absolutely no harm in it

Eleven is too old for that kind of dressing up so wonder if they are becoming a furry. Not a good thing imo.

I wouldn't encourage it

A cat girl with a cat hairband with ears is cute. I would draw the line at a tail (unless it’s a fancy dress costume or for a play/dance

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/primary/5068126-any-fluffies-children-identifying-as-cats-at-your-childs-school?utm_campaign=thread&utm_medium=share

Not sure if this is what you mean OP?

Furry bollocks. Teachers actually have to have furry training now if you can believe it. There are kids literally crawling around meowing rather than talking because they identify as a cat. Wish I was kidding.

Really? No harm in an adult sexual fetish (which being a furry is)? It’s usually vulnerable autistic kids that get drawn into these type of social movements as well.

Is it this furry crap!

Btw our school would have none of it!!

Training? Wow. Don't know what to say!

Utter rubbish, I'm a teacher and I've got friends across 4 different secondary schools. Nothing like this is going on and we've certainly not had training on it.

I've not heard of this. Sounds completely ridiculous, don't encourage it whatever you do.

😂😂😂

One of my daughters has a wolf in her class. I kid you not. She howls.

Furry / therian shit.

It’s an adult sex fetish - appalling that this is being encouraged in children

Yep, there's a "cat" at the secondary school I work at. Wears a tail and ears. Other children get into trouble for not being in correct uniforms, while a young girl apparently believes she is a cat and is allowed to continue this behaviour at school. World's gone mad.

So you have dismissed it from happening anywhere because it doesn't happen in 5 schools that you are aware of?