Day 5: My Body - My Choice
Day 5: My Body - My Choice
Do you argue a lot with your kids? Turning your arguments into mindful consent practices might help. Negotiating is the best consent practice you can give our kids. Discussions turn into consent opportunities when we mindfully use consent language. We can support our consent conversations by asking, "Who is it for?"
Consent is about making agreements and listening to other people's needs. It is learning when and when not to put ourselves first. It is about being honest and taking responsibility for our choices. Our son gets to make a lot of choices. Having a choice is power. And with power comes responsibility. People who have power need to be kind and be able to put their egos aside. Don't we all want leaders who can put their ego and prestige aside for the best of the tribe/community/world?
Consent practice also teaches us to see things from other people's perspectives. It's a chance to take on deeply rooted cultural, societal, and hierarchal beliefs that keep us stuck in unhealthy patterns. We learn to question paradigms like "This is how it should be" and instead make choices based on the here and now.
Letting our son wear shorts when it's snowing is perhaps not the best idea of parenting. But he is happy and healthy. I look back and wonder how many times we dressed him too warm. I know his preschool still does. As we pick him up, he immediately rips off his snowsuit, sweating.
This picture is of my son playing in the snow wearing his favorite shorts. Sometimes he does put on his snowsuit. It reminds me that happiness doesn't need to be complicated. Neither does consent training. Easy does it. ❤
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