Any "fluffies" (children identifying as cats) at your child's school?

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I had no idea this was a thing until this week. Parents are fully supportive. Is this happening across the UK? Apparently they're being provided with a litter tray in a private room. I thought being allowed to wear ears and a tail was going beyond reasonable but the litter tray seems completely unhygienic and a step too far in role playing how they feel about their identity.

also, no school has allowed such children, should that ever happen, to "self identity" as said animal.

A school has no say in who "self identifies" as anything. Identity is in your head.

Ok, ok. They can "self identify" however, that identification will not be accepted or adjustments made for it in schools.

Maybe this is where some of the disagreement is stemming from?

When I say kids are self IDing as animals, I mean that's their self perception, perhaps shared with a few friends in real life or online. Not that they expect parents and texhers to fully supports or encourages that identity.

No.
It is people thinking schools are providing litter boxes and those thinking that some kids being kids does not amount to a significant story.

In which case, yes, we're in agreement!

The litter box is a misunderstanding. Tragically, in the US, they have cat litter and buckets as emergency supplies during active shooter and hurricane sheltering. They use it for children locked down when they need the loo. It then got muddled up with the therian/furry thing.

Some people are saying the claims on this thread are made up.

The middle is that yes, there are probably some kids that feel/think like that, however that doesn't mean it's as widespread as some posters would want us to believe or that schools(or the NHS!!) are supporting and making adjustments for it.

That's the claim I'm disputing, not that no child ever has done it.

Yes, @ArseholeCatIsABlackAndWhiteCat that's the issue.

Thinking back about 20 years, long before gender woo was as it is now and before people identified as anything, we had a young boy at our school who had a lot of SEND needs. He was only with us for a year or so before going to a more suitable setting.

He behaved as a cat. If a shaft of light came into the classroom then he would curl up in it. He would jump up onto tables. Climb up bookcases. Loved a cardboard box. He would meow and purr. But this was a child with severe needs and it was his way of coping with school. Even he used a proper toilet.

That's fine. But it's not always clear who believes what. Which was why I was trying to drill down into which parts of the story people believe and which not. And it looks like there's actually far less disagreement than it would appear to anyone skimming the thread, and reading stuff like...

This thread is fucking hilarious and terrifying at the same time.
Fucking grown ass adults buying and promoting this shit.🙄
Meow!

@Underthinker I stand by my comment for two reasons.

1. Every poster that claimed as fact that there are kids at "unnamed" school doing it, also stated as fact that the school is supporting it and providing adjustments for it. That's the whole claim , and it is ridiculous.

1. Some comments were indeed hilarious. I do find it terrifying that adults believe everything they read and spread it as truth/fact. I work with kids and we do a lot of work around critical thinking, doing research, fact checking,not believing every thing you see on the internet etc. We spend a lot of time and resources every time a new hoax/craze comes about either trying to refute it or offer support for something that isn't happening but everyone is up in arms about it anyway. It is dangerous in more ways than one, so yes I do find it terrifying when adults engage in similar practices. That's how you end up with mob "justice", witch trials, death threats to kids and other vile behaviours.

I remember everybody being up in arms about "bonsai kittens" years ago (myself included). Obviously cats are a favourite gor urban myths!

Suggest people think carefully about what evidence you would expect to show up on this kind of thread. Nobody is going to name their child's school. Nobody is going to have pictures of their child's classmates, it would be very wrong to do so. We talk to our kids about not believing everything you hear - but when they say they personally have witnessed something happening in school, we believe them. "My child says they've seen" evidence on here I'm inclined to believe unless poster is an obvious shit-stirrer.

My child has seen something is one thing. But the "my husbands friend" or "a friend of a friend" etc which is what some of the rest of the thread is is a bit less convincing

And in fairness the point of the thread is litter trays. So when people are asking for evidence I would expect them to be asking for photos of children!

@SnickersWasAHorse

We had a similar child, there were times when he thought he was a dog, would crawl around the classroom barking. The other children were very understanding and ignored him until he started biting their ankles!
But definitely house trained and used the toilets just like every other child!

My neighbours, husbands, aunts friend said a cat removed her appendix. Do you need anymore evidence than that?

@mollyfolk See, there's proof right there! If that's the case, then it's completely true and I won't have a word said against it! I'm on board with that! Considering cats are ramping up for world domination... Mine's already started, she's currently on the laptop, furiously typing a strongly worded letter in favour of a ban on folk identifying as "furries"! 🙄😁😉

Yeah. Cat litter in classrooms.

Would anybody like to buy some magic beans?

This is the scary thing. It's obviously not come from nowhere even if the litter tray element has been misinterpreted or misrepresented by whoever is sharing details with the other parents.

Regarding the NHS I'm not saying it's being accommodated at all. But it there are discussions with professional bodies, union reps, HR, F2SU, EDI, network leads for both the Diversity network and the LGBTQ network involved to find a way through ie can the staff still perform their duties etc. I'm not personally in these meetings and don't want to share anything inappropriately here. My personal view is this is being done to shine a light on the social transition issues within gender ideology, using animal identity as an equivalent.

Bollocks

I DO have some cat litter in my cupboard at school…. it’s cheaper than the “official” stuff for soaking up vomit or wee accidents in classrooms.

None of our children identify as animals, except occasionally while playing or on world book day. A few years ago our headteacher DID identify as the Tiger Who Came To Tea….. I guess that’s a cat …. she was back to normal the next day though so I didn’t have to put a litter tray in her office ….. 😮‍💨.

But in terms of the cat litter, you are right it's not come from nowhere, but several people on the thread have already explained where it's come from which is, sadly, the frequency of school shootings in America. And that, quite frankly, is the scary thing.

• This is the scary thing. It's obviously not come from nowhere even if the litter tray element has been misinterpreted or misrepresented by whoever is sharing details with the other parents.

Regarding the NHS I'm not saying it's being accommodated at all. But it there are discussions with professional bodies, union reps, HR, F2SU, EDI, network leads for both the Diversity network and the LGBTQ network involved to find a way through ie can the staff still perform their duties etc. I'm not personally in these meetings and don't want to share anything inappropriately here. My personal view is this is being done to shine a light on the social transition issues within gender ideology, using animal identity as an equivalent.*

It's like you're almost giddy at the thought of this being real. You want it to be real. I wonder why.

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