Another adds: “Really – when their nappy needs changing they cry and that’s their way of telling you! What is the world coming to?”
“When a baby cries that’s because often they are asking to be changed as it’s the only way they can communicate that they are uncomfortable. If you don’t change a child that is neglect,” a third points out.
Someone else questions: “What if they say no, do we just leave them to get a nappy rash?”
However, others have defended Carson’s point, with one penning: “I am fully supportive of the idea of asking for consent to change a child’s nappy and giving them time to process the request. Well done for starting a difficult topic of conversation.”
A second person comments: “I don’t ask consent to change nappies. But as an early childhood educator responsible for changing the nappies of other people’s children, I do make a point of explaining to each child as I am taking them to the changing room exactly what my intentions are and what will be occurring. Not because the child necessarily has a choice in the matter, but because I value the relationship I have with each child.”
Katie Russell, a spokesperson for the non-profit s**ual violence organisation R*** Crisis England and Wales, has defended Carson.