‘School rushed to help our boy become a girl’

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In the Times today, but still no working share tokens:

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/school-rushed-to-help-our-boy-become-a-girl-vvs2qjcw8

@MrsOvertonsWindow. That is really interesting, I have left a school because of that toxic attitude towards parents. The senior management down would eye roll to each other about parents and gossip about the children's home lives. There was very much an unspoken sense of superiority to the families we taught. I'm in Scotland too so we had the whole'named person' hoo ha going on in the background. I could quite easily picture then changing names of a pupil on a register without consulting the parents.
They also used to use well behaved girls to moderate the behaviour of boys that were struggling in school. Awful fucking place. Happily my next school couldn't be more different and went out of it's way to support and advocate for our families as education partners. Sorry to digress from the point a bit there

I've seen that on countless occasions oscarandelliesdad . Sadly this ideology with its #nodebate mantras encourages this arrogant approach to parents.
I found working in safeguarding (as opposed to doing a couple of courses) a real eye opener and it embedded in me an understanding that children can love the most abusive of parents and breaking that fundamental parent / child relationship (which at times is necessary) rarely results in good outcomes for the child.
It's outrageous that trans activists have been allowed to use children and schools as collateral in their personal battles. I hope more and more parents take action against schools for this fundamental breach of basic safeguarding guidelines.

Thank you for speaking up @hip, would you consider writing a letter to the Sunday Times to make this point? The whole thing has gone utterly crazy

Other mumsnetters might find it worthwhile to look into this initiative and to nominate school staff.
sex-matters.org/take-action/sponsor-a-gift-copy-of-helen-joyces-book-trans/getting-it-read/

@MrsOvertonsWindow

I've seen that on countless occasions oscarandelliesdad . Sadly this ideology with its #nodebate mantras encourages this arrogant approach to parents. I found working in safeguarding (as opposed to doing a couple of courses) a real eye opener and it embedded in me an understanding that children can love the most abusive of parents and breaking that fundamental parent / child relationship (which at times is necessary) rarely results in good outcomes for the child. It's outrageous that trans activists have been allowed to use children and schools as collateral in their personal battles. I hope more and more parents take action against schools for this fundamental breach of basic safeguarding guidelines.

I like your distinction between working in safeguarding and doing a couple of courses (usually an hour or two refresher, once a year) I have often found an all too simplistic view of child welfare too. Bit of a saviour or top down complex going on sometimes. Infuriating when girls are still being used as collateral, sacrificed to boys educational needs.... I've also had 'be kind' levelled at me when I've refused to do this.

Just popping in from SSA to say we have produced an advice note for parents and teachers worried about school policies.

safeschoolsallianceuk.net/2021/08/22/advice-for-parents-on-social-transitioning-by-schools/?fbclid=IwAR2Vf7Kn6MC-j3G6YwZwl6ZoBd31xQYsg_9BU7paCp8lbtAdsyAvWtcOr5A

Also Tanya Carter from SSA was talking on GB news this morning about this.

This should be shared with all schools, with every teacher you know, hell, with everyone:
"This toolkit fails every child in the county with its disregard for child safeguarding and respecting the human rights of all."

merchedcymru.wales/2021/08/23/rct-council-transgender-toolkit-for-secondary-schools-is-a-safeguarding-nightmare/

Just came on to post that link IsitM - superb piece from Safe School Alliance. It's terrifying how safeguarding just goes out of the window the moment the word 'trans' comes in to view. And this lunacy is being pushed by Welsh Government.

"They have failed this vulnerable child and his family miserably. They have thrown all established safeguarding out the window. They have abandoned the principle of working collaboratively with parents in the best interests of children. They have shown absolutely no professional curiosity regarding the toolkit from the council."