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I know it's an unpopular opinion, but "teach kids consent!" as a way to prevent sexual abuse always feels really victim-blaming to me. Yes, it's important for its own sake, but dialogue about sexual abuse always ends up back at this because talking about abuse is uncomfortable.
If you teach your kids about consent but not about power and control, they're not learning anything about abuse. Consent is a legal concept.
just sick of all the "normalize kids saying 'no' to hugs!" when I'd like to normalize the concept that a child is NEVER EVER responsible for an adult abusing them, whether or not they felt like they "wanted" it, however they responded at the time.
I clicked on one of these viral threads today and there were a bunch of comments saying "normalize children asking adults for consent too" and complaining about kids who made them uncomfortable by wanting to sit on their lap, etc....
...and the thought of an adult responding to a child showing signs of possible abuse or neglect with telling the child they're making the *adult* uncomfortable just felt so backwards and upsetting that I just decided that's enough internet for me today.
thanks, y'all, for approaching this one with kindness-- obviously in a grumpy triggered mood today, and I appreciate you hearing me out 
