consent-rebecca-children-49.html
0617 JUNE
50 / 88
it is your responsibility whether you have sons or daughters to make
consent
a family value that is practiced and encouraged in the home. ?it?s not a women?s issue. it?s a people issue and a community issue,? kirsten emphasizes. to teach
consent
or not to? if parents do not teach
consent
, then the cycle will continue. ?not teaching
consent
keeps the
pattern
of
sexual
assault going. it?s what we?ve been doing, and it?s not working.
sexual
violence is one of the roots of mental and physical disorders and negative health. by teaching
consent
, you can break the
pattern
,? rebecca declares. you have the power to start a new
pattern
within your family that will expand through your children. rebecca explains that ?the new
pattern
is talking about
consent
, modeling
consent
, and teaching
consent
. it doesn?t mean you have to do it perfectly, but we can come together and figure it out.? if you don?t teach your children about
consent
, then they will learn about it from somewhere else, media or peers. ?ey will learn what?s socially expected, and not necessarily what is right. ?is is one of kirsten?s big fears regarding her sons, which is why she is so active in including the
consent
conversation in their home. she shares, ?you want your kids to go into high school and college with this understanding. ?ey are going to find themselves in situations where there may be drinking or
sexual
situations, and they should already have this foundation of
consent
.? you can make a difference you may be teaching values like faith, honesty, hard work, and integrity in your home already, so why not add one more? integrate
consent
as a value that you will teach your children, and you can have a huge impact in your community. you can raise conscious young men and women who respect others? bodies, which can decrease
sexual
violence. if it?s important to you that your child practices
consent
and respects others? boundaries, then you can apply that in your parenting. consistency will build so that by the time they are teenagers, they will have a solid core of protecting themselves and protecting others. don?t just hope it works out. be active. it?s so easy to operate in fear, but we can be empowered to lay the foundation and confront it head on. ?it?s possible and fairly simple once it becomes something you have decided to do as a parent. ask yourself the question, ?what kind of community do i want to live in? do i want to continue to see these high rates of
sexual
violence?? if the answer is no, and you want to live in a community where we respect one another?s boundaries, where people have the opportunity to engage in friendships and relationships that are safe and contribute positively, then you can know that you do have a role to play,? rebecca challenges. ? 1 in 10 children will experience some form of
sexual
abuse by the age of 18.
sexual
violence facts 1 in 5 women and 1 in 71 men will experience rape in their lifetimes. 1 in 2 women and 1 in 5 men will experience
sexual
assault other than rape. 50 brparents.com | june 2017
com-brparents-2017-51.html
