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   Emeritus Prof Christopher May (chrismayla6@zirk.us)'s status on Saturday, 07-Dec-2024 19:21:06 JST Emeritus Prof Christopher May

   Should young children be shielded from the word 'no'? Nell Frizzell (a parent herself) explores the trend in parenting to minimise the word 'no'...

   Its an interesting Q. but partially submerged within it is the question of how do children who've seen 'no' de-emphasised go on to deal with the issue of consent?

   We already know young men seem to think 'no' really means 'yes' when it comes to sexual relations.... are we storing up more gender troubles?

   #gender #parenting
   https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/dec/07/mummy-would-prefer-you-not-to-do-that-how-no-became-a-dirty-word-in-parenting

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 07-Dec-2024 19:21:05 JST Rich Felker

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     @ChrisMayLA6 Huh? Where did a stupid idea like that come from? "No" is probably the most important word for children to know and know how to use.

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     millennial falcon (falcennial@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 07-Dec-2024 19:47:14 JST millennial falcon

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     @ChrisMayLA6 teach boys agency and consent their entire lives or do not fuckin have them.

     if any parent is somehow still getting that simple, natural, and non-negotiable parenting instinct wrong just give me their name and location. I will be happy to reeducate these abusers' arms and legs off.

     get it right the first time folks.

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 07-Dec-2024 19:49:39 JST Rich Felker

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     @fak @ChrisMayLA6 Thankfully no is a complete sentence. You don't need to be able to understand it in a larger sentence until you can.

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     fak (fak@toot.community)'s status on Saturday, 07-Dec-2024 19:49:40 JST fak

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     @ChrisMayLA6 under a certain age (around 2-3) children don't recognise and understand the words 'no' and 'not' in a sentence, so you do need to work around that until they do.