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Culture War Roundup for the week of October 24, 2022

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render your child homeless

Isn't that obviously a point where the state has pre-existing authority to step in? Can teachers conceal anything from parents if they merely claim to be worried about the parent overreacting?

I can cite this if need be.

Sure, if you don't mind. How is kicking your minor child out for any reason not an obvious, easy crime to prosecute?

This is the status quo for everything except physical or sexual abuse disclosed to them, as they're mandated reporters for that.

I was thinking more like suicidal ideation, or bad grades, where there would normally be an expectation that parents be informed either due to severity or routine.

All of the "gay" questions don't seem like something where it would be reasonable to go out of your way to tell parents, just as it would be for straight analogues. That probably wouldn't justify lying about it without a specific reason.

I agree, but much red state legislation does not appear to agree.

If it's something like "you must out any minor suspicion", then yes, that is fucked up. The only bill I've read in detail was the Florida one, and that just prohibited deliberate deception, which is not obviously bad.

Boy named Jack wears makeup at school now, and asks you to call him "Jane".

That seems like the sort of thing a parent might have a serious interest in being aware of. Especially if that involves being referred or funneled towards medical professionals.

I think that if the parent's response is going to be "making the kid homeless", the kid has a serious interest in the parent not being made aware of it.

Even the infamous Florida bill had a waiver for situations where a teacher reasonably feared the kid would be harmed if their parents found out.

Is this child actually trans, or just exhibiting gender non-conforming behavior? Is it the role of teachers to report violations of traditional gender norms?

That's where it comes down to judgment, norms, and expected responses. Boys have been putting on eye-liner for half a century. Only recently has it been a behavior where an overly eager teacher might recommend a life-altering path of extreme body modification.

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