> If the schools progressiveness is that exceptional, it wouldn't be a surprise if other parents did the same. Then there's another possibility - how many pare

> If the schools progressiveness is that exceptional, it wouldn't be a surprise if other parents did the same. Then there's another possibility - how many parents sent their kids to this school specifically because their kids already at age 5 were questioning their assigned gender-normative identity, and the parents wanted the kids to be in a safe place to explore that identity? We don't have a clue, because all of these details are missing from the essay except for the conclusion. > Scenarios like this, even if it's made up, can teach us a lot. I would rather spend my time understanding real case histories rather than made up ones. Even according to this essay, there's no need to teach kids "how to distinguish between transgenderism and puberty", only to teach kids that puberty makes some people feel uncomfortable with their body as certain parts are growing and changing shape. Which is already what competent sex education does. That knowledge would have been enough that if a kid hears someone say "if you feel uncomfortable in your body, it means you are transgender" then they can see the conflicting statements. And, honestly, do you think kids would hear a statement like that and believe it? Repeated lessons on "Don't do drugs" and "Don't have sex outside of marriage" didn't work, yet this one somehow does?