Are you find with a trangender teacher teaching your children? What age groups?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

My preschooler, like most preschoolers, did sometimes express a desire to be like a teacher or other adult that he loved. He told me at one point that he was going to wear a bra one day so he could be "just like me". He told me he was going to have brown skin and grow his very straight blond hair to be like Mr. X at gymnastics who wore long dreadlocks. It wouldn't surprise me that if he had someone he loved who changed their gender identity that he would want to explore and talk about that concept. He also at times expressed a desire to be a baby again, to be an adult, and even to be various animals. But for my kid, who wasn't transgender, these were fleeting desires. The same day he talked about wearing a bra, or spent 3 hours in the princess dress at daycare, might have been the same day he was thrilled to explore his ability to pee standing up. The same day he told me he wanted to be a dog, he happily demonstrated that he could go across the monkey bars, a process that requires opposable thumbs.

If he had expressed consistent gender dysphoria, that is if he had maintained that he was a girl, and was consistently unhappy when people forced a male identity on him, then we would have dealt with it. I would have worried, of course, because transgender people can have a difficult path to walk, but I would have supported him. If we had been lucky enough to have a transgender adult in his life, teacher or otherwise, who could support him through a transition, I would have been thrilled. I certainly wouldn't have thought that that person had caused him to be transgender

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It's so easy to pat yourself on the back and say something like this when you have never been through it. Believe me, it would mean something different if it actually happened to YOUR child.

So you have been through this? Do tell.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Since my DS is in Sunday School with with a 6 y/o who was identified female at birth but self-identifies as male AND the parent of one of his friends is trans AND I don't hold it against a person if their parents misidentified their gender identity at birth, I am fine at any age.

How exactly can a parent misidentify a child's gender at birth

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003269.htm

[Anonymous]

All I want for my kids are talented, enthusiastic and dedicated teachers. That's it.

In the 1980s I had two openly gay teachers, one with melanomas on his face. They were the best, most talented, beloved teachers I remember.

[Anonymous]

I would be fine with it at any age. Being transgender is not a disease and exposing my children to someone who is transgender isn't going to make them "catch" it. Same goes for being around people who are gay.

[Anonymous]

I would be fine with it for any age.

[Anonymous]

No, because they are mentally ill, along the lines of body dysmorphic disorder.

[Anonymous]

Trans isn't the same as, or even comparable to, gay; why on earth do people lump the two together?

Gay teacher? Of course, no problem. Trans? Never. Absolutely abnormal and disturbing.

[Anonymous]

I'd rather my child have a trans teacher than a teacher who echoes the person who started this disturbing thread. No issue re trans teacher at all. Read Petula Dvorak's column in the Post for God's sake.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Trans isn't the same as, or even comparable to, gay; why on earth do people lump the two together?

Gay teacher? Of course, no problem. Trans? Never. Absolutely abnormal and disturbing.

+1

[Anonymous]

I couldn't care less. Really. I couldn't.

[Anonymous]

Transitioning or transitioned? If its a woman that was previously a man or vice versa...how would the kid ever know? If the transition happens during the school year, before their eyes, then it may be pretty distracting. I worked with what I was told was a transitioned woman, never thought anything of it. Even when I saw her in the bathroom.

And to be sure these people that say it's too complicated or uncomfortable for their kids' young minds, really means; I cannot personally handle it and don't want to be forced into a personally uncomfortable discussion with my child.

[Anonymous]

I couldn't care less if my child's teacher is transgender or multigender or whatever. I care that they are kind and care about my child and make learning enjoyable. I'm still waiting for that in Fairfax County, and if I ever find it I won't complain about gender anything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Transitioning or transitioned? If its a woman that was previously a man or vice versa...how would the kid ever know? If the transition happens during the school year, before their eyes, then it may be pretty distracting. I worked with what I was told was a transitioned woman, never thought anything of it. Even when I saw her in the bathroom.

And to be sure these people that say it's too complicated or uncomfortable for their kids' young minds, really means; I cannot personally handle it and don't want to be forced into a personally uncomfortable discussion with my child.

And what's wrong with that? Why should I be forced to have a conversation about a perversion this serious with my small child? I suppose you want me to tell him Santa Claus isn't real, too.

[Anonymous]

Hell,no. Never. Crazy people.

[Anonymous]

I have no problem with someone who has transitioned. I would prefer it not happen before the students' eyes. Especially, the little ones.

I taught school with a gal who was pregnant. She told her students and got into a conversation with them about how the babies "come out" --from where the lady pees--.......(The teacher told the rest of the team about the conversation. Our jaws dropped. This was first grade. She thought the discussion was just fine.)
There are some discussions that you would just rather not have with little kids. This is why the sex education units have scripts.