there was backlash from homeschooling “parents rights” advocates in my area before because of a daycare teaching kids about consent…all they learned is that you don’t have to accept unwanted physical intimacy. one scenario that happened is a parent told her toddler boy to kiss a toddler girl in class. toddler boy comes back and says that toddler girl didn’t want a kiss. it turns out the kids were taught that you don’t touch someone if they say “no”. parents thought this was ridiculous. I felt crazy hearing them talk about it, why in the world would you be upset by kids respecting each others boundaries, and why are you asking your toddlers to kiss each other in the first place as if they’re toys and not human beings?
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If the idea of consent gets in the way of total obedience then consent is the thing a lot of adults would rather discard.
