#OPINION
| If you need a teacher to let you know what’s going on with your kid, you might want to take hard look at your parenting skills, writes Drew Edwards.
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@TheSpec
That's a misread of the issue
The point is not having school policies that keep secrets from parents.
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@TheSpec
Hypothetically, if a student is self harming because he/she is confused and confesses this to a teacher, it's OK not to tell the parents? Where is the line drawn?
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@TheSpec
Good point. Parents have been abandoning their children and looking for others to raise them for years now.
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@TheSpec
If a child was organizing his own religious group with political ideas would the teachers tell?
If the child was organizing a criminal gang, would the teachers tell?
If the child thought they were a giant bug and ate other bugs, would the teacher tell? Rule needs to be the same.
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@TheSpec
Maybe so, but it's still disturbing, perverted and disgusting to secretly help a CHILD transition behind the parents' back. What do you think will happen when the parents find out, it won't be good.
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@TheSpec
Teachers are not counsellors. If a student speaks to a teacher about a personal issue, it is that teacher's responsibility to send that student to see the school guidance counsellor or social worker. They will then work with the student and their parents.
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@TheSpec
Parents just want teachers to teach their kids Math, Science etc. perhaps they should take a long look at their teaching skills and not over step their boundaries.
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@TheSpec
That is exactly right. That is why schools should get back to doing what they were and are designed for. Reading writing and arithmetic. Learning only. Nothing else.
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@TheSpec
"As the proud father of a trans kid,"
Your opinion is irrelevant. Because if you are wrong about trans you destroyed your child over a lie.
Forgive me for refusing parenting advice from someone that has failed.
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@TheSpec
What I need is teachers who are not obsessed with talking to other people's children about sex.
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