Johnny Bear said:
It's of course no "coincidence" that this type of mental illness has gone from statistically 0% to over 3% in recent years. it's another sad and tragic example of what happens when good people stand idly by and do nothing.
Pretty crazy, isn't it?
Social media and easy access to it has ruined this country, if not the world.
In the US though, especially, there is an increasing hands-off approach to parenting which is only adding fuel to the fire.
This problem is starting in the home, and now we have schools that respond to it by attempting to normalize it. Either for fear of hurting the kid's feelings, being "inclusive," or drawing ire from the parent.
It started out as teachers being pulled aside and told that these kid were going to start coming into their classrooms so be aware of it and ready to handle whatever comes from it (bullying, etc.). Teachers might even be expected to use certain pronouns...at the request of the parent.
But now we're starting to see schools embrace it and consider it as actual potential curriculum inclusion.
Sorry, but no.
It's a difficult situation to be in since parents have started letting their kids run amok. And as unfair and as sad as it might be for that one child whose parent doesn't know how to parent, you can't change the whole system for it that easily.
If you're seeing a 6th grade boy who's wearing a dress walk into the restroom while there are primary aged girls in there, I don't think it's out of line, or unsympathetic to question that. And if the pro-trans community can't see that, then they are the ones who need to get a grip. And walk in other peoples' shoes rather than telling the rest of us we have to walk only in theirs.
