#037 Teaching our children about consent and bodily autonomy

2022-07-02

How can we can teach our children about consent and bodily autonomy? How we can teach our children that they are in control of their own bodies and also how to be respectful of other people’s boundaries? It’s never too young to start teaching our kids about consent. From the time our children are young babies we can start laying the foundations of helping our children to be aware of themselves and others. Why is this important? We want our children to have a strong sense of themselves, to be in con...

How can we can teach our children about consent and bodily autonomy?

How we can teach our children that they are in control of their own bodies and also how to be respectful of other people’s boundaries?

It’s never too young to start teaching our kids about consent. From the time our children are young babies we can start laying the foundations of helping our children to be aware of themselves and others.

Why is this important?

We want our children to have a strong sense of themselves, to be in control of what happens to them and to be able to speak out against injustice whenever they see it.

We want our children to be able to advocate for themselves when their boundaries are breached and to be aware and respectful of other people’s boundaries.

In this episode I talk about:

When and how we can start laying the foundations for teaching our kids about consent.
Why teaching consent is much more than just talking about it or reading books.
How children learn consent through how we interact with them.
How we can raise children to stay connected to their own wishes and desires and at the same time be aware of the impact their actions have on others
How we can use power reversal games and physical play to help our children understand consent on a physical and emotional level
Why modelling good boundaries and setting limits without being permissive is an important part of teaching consent to children
How we can build cooperation through play so we don’t have to overpower our children
How to set limits with family members who expect a child to give them a hug or kiss.
How our own reactions can make this really hard and what we can do to continuously learn and grow in our own practice of consent and boundaries.
Why we don’t have to be perfect and it’s ok to make lots of mistakes.

I hope you enjoy the episode.

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