Posted on 05/06/2008 7:22:49 AM PDT by End Times Sentinel
For school officials in Haverford Township, the challenge was daunting: What do you do when a 9-year-old student, with the full support of his parents, decides that he is no longer a boy and instead is a girl?
Parents of a third-grade student at Chatham Park Elementary School approached the administration on April 16 to ask for help in making a "social transition" for their child.
(Excerpt) Full story: http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/pa/chester/20080503_School_challenge__Transgender_student_is_age_9.html The Haverford School District consulted experts on transgender children, then sent letters to parents advising them that the guidance counselor would meet with the school's 100 third-grade students to explain why their classmate would now wear girls' clothes and be called by a girl's name.
Some parents objected. Eight called the principal to ask that their child not attend the session, and some posted angry messages on the Haverford Township blog.
"Why is the school introducing this subject to 8- and 9-year-olds?" wrote the parent who started the blog thread, which had been viewed more than 3,000 times as of yesterday. "Why were we not notified sooner. We received the letter today, the discussion at school is tomorrow."
(Excerpt) Read more at philly.com ...
"My 4 year old granddaughter thinks she is Snow White and my 3 year old grandson thinks he is Bat Man."
It's possible, given what is transpiring now at the school, that at age three this particular child would have identified with and been drawn to the female Snow White character and not the male Bat Man. Although I don't think that such a choice would have automatically pegged them as a trans gender person. I think that the parents should wait until the child enters puberty before they encourage something that could be so life defining. There's no reason to jump the gun on this, what's the rush at age nine?
WTF????
The boy needs psychiatric help. Maybe he’ll grow out of it if given the chance.
That is abuse. This quack “doctor” needs to be arrested.
Hey, he’s a lumberjack!
And he’s okay!!!!
Just watch those shark or croc teeth, they’re rather sharp.
some sanity on the issue http://www.icallbs.net/blog/?s=transgender
“I’ve decided I’m a goldfish”.
Until they bite yor head off...
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