Sharing health information with parents

[Anonymous]

At our DC private, a classmate of my middle-schooler apparently told a teacher that they were trying to be a "thin boy" when asked by the teacher if they felt sick. Not a gender thing, it is a fad of not eating, etc. There's was a protocol going around social media a few months ago about it. Has anyone heard of this? The teacher did not tell the student's parents about it. There's a school policy requiring not sharing. That seems odd to me. Do other schools have these policies? Shouldn't they bring the parents in?

[Anonymous]

With what sounds like a health issue (both mental and physical) it seems like a no-brainer that the parents should know. Why wouldn't the school share this with them? Seems important.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At our DC private, a classmate of my middle-schooler apparently told a teacher that they were trying to be a "thin boy" when asked by the teacher if they felt sick. Not a gender thing, it is a fad of not eating, etc. There's was a protocol going around social media a few months ago about it. Has anyone heard of this? The teacher did not tell the student's parents about it. There's a school policy requiring not sharing. That seems odd to me. Do other schools have these policies? Shouldn't they bring the parents in?

How do you know what was shared or not shared? Or the steps the school took? Or what was actually said? You seem to be jumping to a lot of conclusions using 2nd hand information.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At our DC private, a classmate of my middle-schooler apparently told a teacher that they were trying to be a "thin boy" when asked by the teacher if they felt sick. Not a gender thing, it is a fad of not eating, etc. There's was a protocol going around social media a few months ago about it. Has anyone heard of this? The teacher did not tell the student's parents about it. There's a school policy requiring not sharing. That seems odd to me. Do other schools have these policies? Shouldn't they bring the parents in?

How do you know what was shared or not shared? Or the steps the school took? Or what was actually said? You seem to be jumping to a lot of conclusions using 2nd hand information.

Good questions. I am the parent of the student OP wrote about. DS developed an "electrolyte imbalance" according to the NP at the ER. Until this happened, we had not heard anything. We were notified in the middle of the school day.