Posted on 02/08/2008 10:12:20 AM PST by redrunner
The parents of an 8-year-old boy who wants to live and be treated as a girl have been working with the Douglas County School District to allow their child to attend school as a girl.
The child attended the unnamed school two years ago, and the family and the district have been talking since last fall about the child re-enrolling, said district spokeswoman Whei Wong.
"The discussion has been how best to do it," Wong said Thursday. The goal, she said, is "to ensure the kid feels safe physically and emotionally and other kids don't feel threatened in any way."
Wong said some parents have contacted school officials asking for clarification and direction. "Some parents are really concerned and freaked out about it."
A concerned parent, who asked not to be identified, told 9News, "I see this as being a very difficult situation to explain to my daughter . . . why someone would not want to be the gender they were born with."
A national nonprofit group, TransYouth Family Advocates, has provided assistance in handling the situation.
Transgender children, who are born as one sex and identify with the other, are not uncommon but are not understood by parents and society, TransYouth president Shannon Garcia said.
Parents "don't understand this is a health condition. They don't know why their children are like this, and they don't know where to find help," she said.
Society fears "what they don't understand," she said. "Gender identification and sexual orientation are two very different things."
Laura Thor, a Denver licensed clinical social worker, said parents of transgender children "are relying on the goodness and tolerance of the rest of the public to respond to this child favorably."
Schoolmates and their parents need help in becoming less uncomfortable with the child's looking different and being called by a different name, Thor said.
School would probably be Liable and sued when the kid turns 18 unless. They can show that it was someone elses medical opinion to go along with this. Such as official letters from one or more Licenced Psychiatrists that this was necessary/ in the best interest of the child.
If it’s just because the kid wants to. The School system being “Professionals” might be cited for not protecting the kid from the trauma that will come from his choice.
How convenient..... long term planning.
Words escape me.
There’s no way in the world that the eight year old boy initiated this. These sick parents are trying to advance their own agenda. What kind of parent puts their own child through something like this? They should be arrested for child abuse.
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You were just on Cavuto, well your FR moniker was anyway. :)
what was the context???
what was the context???
The same as the subject of the thread. The video had the title and “redrunner” as the poster. The Cavuto interns must scan FR for material. That Child Psychologist was on there, Jeffrey Gaudier (sp) and he thought it was fantastic they made the child feel comfortable by designating a facility, unisex. Cavuto wasn’t having any of it and he was countering with what was nearly, heated, argument.
yes and the last thing I would do is make this a public issue.....
My first question (internalized initially, and then would be asked with as much tact as possible):
Specifically, in which room, is it going to go potty?
This kids going to be hell when he gets his first period.
LOL... Found the video here: http://www.foxnews.com/video/index.html click on the 2/12 common sense picture of Neil Cavuto... after the commercial, there is a list of videos on the right... the sixth one down says : "School helps boy live as girl.." This child psychologist is wacky... Cavuto keeps saying "Johnny wants to be Jenna"... Then Cavuto asks the shrink.... "Riddle me this Batman..."
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