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Originally Posted by Doctorfever
These policies are so hard to support or not. To me, every single child and every situation can be different from the next. I personally would want to know if my child wants to use a different pronoun. But I really don’t think it would be a problem for my personal situation as I spend lots of time with my kids and have lots of conversations. So I would know what my kids want by talking to them, not from hearing it from school.
Some parents would want to know so they could support their children and some would want to know so they could stop their children.
Some children might know more about themselves at 10 years old than the next child knows about themselves at 14.
Really really tough to group everything together when every situation can be so different.
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This is true, and that's why the most logical course of action is for the school to largely stay out of it. And when they do get involved, it's on a case-by-case basis and relies on the context of the situation.
The most neutral action a school can take is to allow the child and their parents handle it without getting involved. These laws on the other hand compel action and require the school to involve themselves in the matter, even in situations where it's detrimental.