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.

@ArseholeCatIsABlackAndWhiteCat 😁

Staff call them by their chosen names and pronouns, accept them meowing and hissing at people, allow them to wear tails/ears, are not telling them to grow up and stop pretending to be a cat/wolf/dragon, in fact not doing anything to imply that don't accept that they are not really a cat/wolf/dragon. I understand the running round on all fours etc. is at break and lunchtimes, they generally behave in class.

Just catching up on replies. Sorry I wasn't clear. The person I spoke to said this is happening at the school and then in the discussion about it referred to what they'd seen in addition to what they know. I didn't meant they saw someone entering school dressed as a cat then made this assumption. Although it is absolutely possible that there are lots of assumptions being made about what the school are accomodating/ what they're pushing back on.

By I don't see how it can be a myth I meant they are definitely aware of something going on related to cats, identity and children.

More children are wearing cat headbands now. A few years ago they were wearing unicorn headbands. The fashion has changed, that's all.

pm me the name of this school, seriously

This is something you personally witnessed yes?

Not in primary but a few in secondary

No. It's a myth.
Nobody has given any supporting evidence for this nonsense, and those of us who work in secondary schools know only too well that this would never happen.

Which secondary?

Isn't if funny how despite IT being a thing, and some posters would have us believe it's a widespread thing, not one single poster can actually say I personally saw it, this happened, teachers allowed this, I had to allow that etc.

It's always someone else.

Well they are furries not fluffies.

@Maireas

😂😂 Do you want me to tell you the name of my kids school?

Yes, pm me, I won't divulge it.

this grandparent has seen the children walking into school as a cat

Are you sure it wasn't World Book Day?!

No thanks. What will that prove?

Absolutely not happening in any school I know of. No school is going to provide a litter tray.

This is actually a common coping / avoidance mechanism for children who have PDA - a form of autism.

Pretending to be an animal to cope with demands put on them, or to reduce / avoid demands.

So it's not that far fetched.

About 6 years ago I had a 7 year old in my class who thought she was a cat, mum was struggling with her 'cat' behaviour at home. She wanted her meals in a bowl on the floor and only answered in miaows. Back then I didn't know it was a thing and brusquely shooed her into usual class life. I drew the line when some of the other children started to put their 'paws' in a begging position when they wanted to ask me something! I do remember the senco being involved though

I remember a boy at primary school who identified as a train.

Because then I can check out the school policies.

I think a few posters have asked this. So I'm sorry I can't name names and can't provide any evidence whatsoever. If you know the NHS and imagine which few roles would be involved in handling this issue and making sure it stayed quiet whilst it's all being figured out...I'm in a role adjacent to that. I'm not in the meetings directly though hence saying I'm aware of, rather than involved in.

My nephew has people on his college course "identifying as cats"

In an age where we have devices in our hands that can give us all the information in the world, it’s depressing that we seem to be getting thicker as a species.

Is anyone's kid doing this? Or is it something you heard from one of those asylum seekers who was given a free car?

Quite.

@Maireas you've lost me