A teacher from the article is quoted: "My job, which is a public service, is to protect kids," said Olivia Garrison, a history teacher in Bakersfield, Calif.,

A teacher from the article is quoted: "My job, which is a public service, is to protect kids," said Olivia Garrison, a history teacher in Bakersfield, Calif., who is nonbinary, who has helped students socially transition at school without their parents' knowledge. "Sometimes, they need protection from their own parents." The idea that teachers should be "protecting kids from their own parents" by affirming their chosen identity without their parents' knowledge illustrates what I'm talking about. Even if you agree with the sentiment (which I would say is "exceeding their warrant"), parents aren't going to take that sitting down.