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Quirky_Butterfly_946 t1_jbc03tg wrote

Fully support this, as parents have every right to know what is going on with their own child. No teacher, no school, no other segment should be denying parents their rights to know who is influencing their children or any other issue that is effecting their child. You cannot EVER take away a parents right to their children.

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lizyouwerebeer t1_jbcf4aq wrote

If a child feels more comfortable sharing their gender or sexuality issues with a teacher than they do with a parent...forcing the teacher to out the kid isn't going to address the larger issue there.

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YBMExile t1_jbc211j wrote

Tell me you’ve never worked in a school without telling me you’ve never worked in a school.

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PNWMunky t1_jbc6z3l wrote

Tell me you spend too much time online without… using this tired and lame phrase.

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YBMExile t1_jbcdzrt wrote

Fine. And you just dropped in on the Internet for the first time today, I’m sure. I’ll take it point by point. Parents already have the right to know what is going on with their child, in that they’re the parent, they set the tone in nearly all aspects of their child’s upbringing. No teacher or administrator or other school personnel is allowed to keep any part of the educational process private or secret or under wraps or anything. What affects children can be anything and everything, in school, at home, in society, online, etc.

Teachers and administrators and school personnel are not turning kids trans, they’re not grooming them for some other reality. Many if not most trans people know from the earliest age (well before school, even) that they’re not comfortable with their gender. School isn’t making them trans, but educators are doing what they can (with the full transparency enumerated above) to support their students by not demonizing their choices, not adding to the discomfort, and making school safe for everyone.

The overwhelming majority of educators have been dealing with trans students being more visible and less shunned/shamed for only a few years. Teachers and school staff are staggeringly normal representations of whatever district they work in, and many find it awkward, difficult, a little clumsy to navigate how best to support trans kids in the school setting. The point is they’re trying, they’re listening, and they’re succeeding, despite the troglodytes who are too afraid to even ask the most basic questions, and too aggrieved to give the benefit of the doubt to anyone different.

TLDR: you don’t get it, because it’s not your setting. It’s mind numbingly average, and not a Big Scary SEXY Topic at school.

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exhaustedretailwench t1_jbcklfx wrote

if your kid is more comfortable talking about this with their teacher than you, the only thing you should be upset about is how much you've failed as a parent.

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Litteach t1_jbc3mjv wrote

Affecting not effecting Parent with an apostrophe for "parents rights"

No one is trying to take away rights from parents but maybe other people are better at teaching your kid certain things.

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ProlapsedMasshole t1_jbcxqua wrote

What about other kids? Do you not think other kids will inform yours about reality?

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llambo17 t1_jbegpzk wrote

You would think that would be common sense but after reading 90% of these comments on op's post, common sense has long left the chat years ago with these folks.

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NHGuy t1_jbcztbg wrote

Parents always have the legal right to know "what's going on" with their children. Enforce the laws you already do have before trying to enact another

Sound familiar? I hope so...

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