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

[Anonymous]

Absolutely, 100% fine at any age. Moreover, I'd be far more comfortable with my child being around a transgendered teacher who is kind, thoughtful and caring than having him be around the kind of people who would object to that teacher. Intolerance and a lack of empathy are more objectionable than any gender identity issues.

[Anonymous]

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.

Because being a parent isn't all ABOUT YOU. There is a world in which you live and there are all sorts of people. Dollars to Donuts if it never came up, you'd never initiate the conversation. I bet you are one of those people that when your child notices (sometimes loudly) a person with different physical attributes/disabilities, you shush them and run for the hills, right?

Oh, and perversion...yikes! You probably want to 'take your country back' too.

[Anonymous]

I am more troubled by people who use the word "gal."

[Anonymous]

at first, I was worried and acting like a hate monger. Since talking it over with my ever so insightful 13-year old, I have come to realize that it's no big deal. I wish more adults, myself included, were as insightful and loving as my teen. I feel blessed to have a "true Christian" one who embodies what JC stands for - love and acceptance.

[Anonymous]

My young child doesn't need to know or be involved with their teacher's sexuality. I would pull my kid out immediately if it was obvious. If it was private and the teacher was respectful of my child by not involving him or her- I wouldn't know would I?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My young child doesn't need to know or be involved with their teacher's sexuality. I would pull my kid out immediately if it was obvious. If it was private and the teacher was respectful of my child by not involving him or her- I wouldn't know would I?

You can tell if she's a man.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My young child doesn't need to know or be involved with their teacher's sexuality. I would pull my kid out immediately if it was obvious. If it was private and the teacher was respectful of my child by not involving him or her- I wouldn't know would I?

Someone's gender identity does not have anything to do with their sexuality. Why is that so hard to understand?

I'm astonished at the ignorance in this thread.

[Anonymous]

What is wrong with the people in these transgender threads? kids tend to just accept people the way they are. It's hardly dangerous or threatening to have a non-gender conforming teacher. I'm horrified by the perception that children need to be shielded from people who are different.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is really so hard to explain about it? Mr. Jones was born as a man, but always felt like he was really a woman, so now he's going to be a woman. Kids will ask age-appropriate questions and you answer them in a straight forward manner, just like questions about sex. We're the ones who make it all complicated and messy, not the kids.

I'm pretty sure the surgery needed to give the illusion of fulfilling this particular desire is both complicated and messy.

And I also don't agree that surgery can make someone into a woman. Man has gotten too bold that they have the power to change whatever they want. I totally disagree. I would explain to my children that there are many people with values, beliefs, ideas, etc... that we do not agree with. Our only obligation is to treat them with dignity and respect. That's it. I would tell my child that we don't agree with the teacher, but as long as the teacher is good in their job (and doesn't surreptitiously try to espouse values to indoctrinate the kids that transgendered, etc is okay, we our family does not agree with), we shouldn't worry about their own personal choices. Whatever choices he/she makes is between he/she and his/her maker. My child had a teacher who was a smoker and as a pulmonary specialist, I felt she was pretty ignorant. My child questioned me about it and I explained that smoking is bad and that stupid people do it. Unfortunately, not everyone is smart all of the time. So, your job is to learn the material being taught and treat the teacher with dignity. We don't have to like her and what she values. You're not going to like or agree with everyone. There's bad people in the world. A fact of life. So, this is actually a good teachable moment.

+1

[Anonymous]

Yes. There is a transgender teacher at my child's elementary school in APS. It is not an issue. Kids do not care, why should we? They've never asked me any questions, but if they did, I would give them the simplest answer possible and let them get more complicated if that's where they need to go. I would NOT offer value judgments, both because I don't judge a person based on gender identity and because I generally don't offer personal opinions to my kids about their elementary school teachers.

[Anonymous]

A young child in preschool at a private school has decided to come back in the fall for Kindergarten as a girl. The parents in the class were called in for the meeting and told they would need to explain transgender to their rising Kindergarten students. Several of the boys are very upset by this. Several of the parents are upset as they do not have anyone on staff at the school with any experience dealing with this.

[Anonymous]

Looks like it has started, trans man peeping in the women's room

http://www.insidenova.com/headlines/prince-william-police-search-for-peeping-tom-dressed-as-a/article_264688e6-0ec0-11e5-b8f8-a3d8a5de4b7e.html

[Anonymous]

As long as they are a good teacher I could care less.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As long as they are a good teacher I could care less.

I would care a lot too, PP. Which means that I also COULD care less.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A young child in preschool at a private school has decided to come back in the fall for Kindergarten as a girl. The parents in the class were called in for the meeting and told they would need to explain transgender to their rising Kindergarten students. Several of the boys are very upset by this. Several of the parents are upset as they do not have anyone on staff at the school with any experience dealing with this.

Yeah, right.