From @sometherapist on twitter.
Some parents think they have a right to be informed about how their children identify at school.
Oftentimes, though, it’s these very same parents you just know are itching to stop kids from living as their true selves — especially if that involves being transavian.
Parents, if your children are wearing cardboard wings at school, but not even telling you about it at home, there’s probably a good reason. And in order to find it, you need to look in the mirror.
Have you earned the privilege of knowing your child’s species identity?
Do you create a safe, non-judgmental atmosphere at home, where your kids can tell you anything without fear that they’ll hear something oppressive and traumatizing, like, “I just want you to love and accept yourself as you are, and respect that nature has its limits?”
Let’s be honest, parents. Until you come around to respecting and supporting your child as the stunning and brave bird kid that they are, you have no right to know how they identify at school, or what they get up to there.
So don’t blame teachers, administrators, or school counselors when you’re the last to find out that your kid jumped off the roof. You have no one to blame but yourself.





5 comments
September 14, 2023 at 7:50 am
silverapplequeen
Who wears cardboard wings at school? What kind of a school is this? I would definitely pull my kid out of this school. They can play dress-up at home.
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September 14, 2023 at 12:08 pm
The Arbourist
*Points to satire tag on post* 😀
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September 14, 2023 at 2:23 pm
Ginny
I just found you! Two very surprising things: that I missed finding you earlier, and that wordpress has let you keep going for so long. As I have never used Twitter/X, I do appreciate you posting some of the relevant stuff here. @sometherapist is brilliant. As is Linda Blade. But for those of us aging lefties, it will be a real wrench to vote Conservative.
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September 15, 2023 at 4:41 am
silverapplequeen
oh, I’m a little slow
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September 15, 2023 at 8:53 am
The Arbourist
Happy to have you on board. :)
It’s been quiet from the WP censor arm so far. Hopefully their commitment to free speech holds up.
I’m pretty sure, also as a aging lefty, that I will have to change my vote choice as the activist Left seems to have colonized what was once a centre-left party.
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