Well apparently this kid has "problems", so I don't know. I'm not a therapist or social work etc. I'm not saying its wrong in this case, I don't know the details, but there's at least 1 student i'm aware of who is allowed to identify as a cat is all i'm saying.
You used this example in a thread about wokeness, so you seemed to be implying that this is somehow a “woke” issue that the kid identifies as a cat. Well, is it?