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Leading barrister warns that the kit – used to support gender-questioning children – is likely to be in breach of equality laws and could violate pupils’ rights

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[–] stsquad@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean just googling "teachers who have eloped with students UK" will give you a depressingly long list of examples.

[–] xkforce@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It is your job to support your claims not everyone else's.

[–] stsquad@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Fine:

https://metro.co.uk/2023/11/26/teacher-eloped-15-year-old-now-working-baker-19881223/amp/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11390339/amp/RE-teacher-50-struck-leaving-wife-pupil-married-two-children-with.html

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/re-teacher-49-marries-ex-24590117.amp

From the search page. But for a wider view of the times teachers have exerted undue influence over children in their care: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/jan/16/teachers-accused-relationship-pupils-five-years mentions 1000 teachers have been accused of undue influence over a five year period.

I'm not saying the teachers in this case had any undue intentions (the court will be in a far better place to assess the facts than random internet commentators). However it should be clear that teachers can influence children to do something against the wishes of their parents, unless you posit in all these cases it was still somehow the parents fault.