Periagoge
Scenario

When school communities clash over student name choices and cultural authority

Our school committee is fighting over whether to allow students to use chosen names without parent permission, and the debate is revealing deep divisions about cultural values, parental rights, and whose version of 'protecting children' we're actually following.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The collision between different cultural frameworks for childhood, authority, and identity expression in shared educational spaces.

Your guide for this
Juana
Juana works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Name and identity across cultures?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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