Six-Year-Old Transgender Child Sparks Controversy at Texas Daycare

[stephaniec]

Six-Year-Old Transgender Child Sparks Controversy at Texas Daycare

http://www.advocate.com/transgender/2015/11/08/six-year-old-transgender-child-sparks-controversy-texas-daycare

The Advocate/By Jase Peeples   11/08/2015

"The private owners of Children's Lighthouse daycare in Katy, Texas have found themselves in the public eye after firing two employees who voiced concern that the school was allowing a 6-year-old transgender student to express their gender identity, reports Fox 26."

[Deborah]

The problem with this one, according to an article I read yesterday, is that the child continually changes back and forth.  One day asking to be called he and the next day she.  If that is true then the daycare workers are in an impossible situation.


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[Devlyn]

That's called being genderfluid. I'm sure it's tough on the educators, who are full grown adults. Now let's wear the childs moccasins for a mile and see how that feels.

[AnonyMs]

This says way more about society than it does about the child.

[Asche]

One day asking to be called he and the next day she.  If that is true then the daycare workers are in an impossible situation.

Why is that an "impossible situation"?

I've known children who come up with a new name for themselves every few days.  The adults around them make a reasonable effort to go along with it, but don't make a big deal about it.

Seems to me you handle gender switches the same way.

Daycare worker: "Let's get your coat hung up, Helen--"
Genderfluid child: "I'm not Helen, I'm Harry!"
DCW:  (shrug) "Okay, Harry, let's get your coat hung up..."

(later)

DCW: "Helen, it's snack time."
GFC: "Don't  you remember?  I'm Harry."
DCW: "Okay, Harry, it's still snack time."

Seems simple to me.  Of course, you have to think children are worth a reasonable amount of respect, which many/most adults don't.

[suzifrommd]

Seems simple to me.  Of course, you have to think children are worth a reasonable amount of respect, which many/most adults don't.

That sort of cuts to the heart of the issue, doesn't it? Life would be a lot better for trans kids if adults respected them and took them seriously.

[Peep]

I used to go to nursery as alternately Batman or Simba the lion, and I only got banned from being Simba because I'd fight kids that stepped on my tail. It's funny what people will and won't make exceptions for.

They're also missing the idea that young kids only start to bully 'different' kids once it's pointed out that they're different. They're much more accepting than adults. What they're doing is indoctrinating the next generation to view gender variance as abnormal.