As with any important philosophy, I think it's important to teach people starting at an early age. Like teaching children to be nice to others or that learning is important or eating nutritious food.I want to instill in my child the importance of consent and respect of other people, especially girls/women. My son is 3 years old.Does anyone have advice for teaching this to a young child in developmentally appropriate ways?In our household, my husband and I both share household responsibilities and treat each other very respectfully. Also, when my son doesn't want to hug/kiss someone, we never force him to. We say "It's your body and you don't have to if you don't want to." And we do the same if he's trying to hug/kiss someone else who is refusing.What are other things that we can do to teach about consent? Do y'all have suggestions for older children? 5 year olds? 8 year olds?Maybe you know about other resources or literature that address this? via /r/Parenting http://ift.tt/2rsWRfF
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