Five Easy Ways To Talk About Consent With Your Children

​A few year’s back when my daughter was about four years old, a new family moved into our neighbourhood and their two children started to play in our back garden. One child was the same age as my daughter and her big brother was about four years older. 

The trampoline in our garden was a big attraction and the three children started bouncing on it happily. 
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I noticed that the older boy was jumping quite aggressively, diving on purpose into his sister and pinning her to the ground. 

She shrieked in protest but he refused to get off her and laughed at her attempts to free herself. 
He was the only one enjoying the game. 

Before I had time to intervene my own daughter took matters into her own hands. She got down to the boy’s level and shouted “No means no. If someone says “STOP” you have to stop.” 

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