I was about to start a thread on this. What's going on in Scotland is shocking. To give a flavour of this:
'Four- and five-year-olds in Scotland are now being taught that some sheep growl. This message was delivered in award-winning author Morag Hood’s Brenda is a Sheep, a brightly illustrated book being given to Primary One (reception class) schoolchildren courtesy of the Scottish Book Trust, and conveniently in time for Transgender Week of Visibility.
'The story centres on Brenda, a wolf who identifies as a sheep.' By the end of the book the wolf is accepted as a sheep.
'It is a book about how it is wrong to be suspicious of men who identify as transgender women and demand access to women’s spaces. The book teaches children not to trust their instincts, nor to question the motives that people might have for pretending to be something they are clearly not.'
Safe Schools Alliance UK has expressed concern:
‘Children need to be encouraged to trust their instincts about people and situations and feel supported to express them. People who prey on children will use all kinds of strategies to get close to them. This book blatantly encourages children to question their boundaries under the guise of being kind and inclusive. This book has safeguarding red flags all over it and leaves children more susceptible to grooming, not less.’
Not so The Guardian which gave it a glowing review.