In honesty it must be that the child needs serious help rather than anything else so I do hope that is kicking in.
When my wife was a health visitor she was called in to a school more than once when a child was behaving as a, for instance, wolf...laying across the desk or curled up underneath it. The form teacher was sometimes a person who had never experienced anything like it so assumed the child was just being "difficult".
OK, it wasn't called "identifying as" in those days, but it has always been (rarely) happening and the child needs proper pyschological assistance.
The press must love the term "identifying as" as it implies it's a new issue.
In the case of the wolf it transpired that the child was absolutely terrified of socialising with humans. The child went to a special school and was gradually integrated.
Last edited by nick w; 26/08/22 11:57 AM.