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Teachers in England will have to tell parents if children question their gender (www.theguardian.com)

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Teachers will be forced to tell parents that their child is questioning their gender even if the young person objects under new guidance for schools in England, the equalities minister has indicated.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Exactly. Puts you in a position where not only are you legally required to potentially put a child in direct line of fire by ousting them, you then can't then do jack about it until the situation turns visibly abusive.

I've been arguing it out with someone that safeguarding absolutely includes (or should've included) the right of teachers (or more so the school) to not disclose information that could potentially lead to abuse.

Teachers are usually the first non-parental authority figures kids will go to with these types of questions, and now they're being cut off from that safe space.

Strict surveillance doesn't raise more honest people, it raises better liars.