She tells Newsweek: “She’s simply making the very reasonable case for establishing a ‘culture of consent’ in households and with children from the youngest possible age.
“This is about both getting parents and carers into positive habits of not assuming consent from their children and about teaching children that they have a right to decide what happens to their bodies.”
Likewise, parenting coach Julie Romanowski says there are situations where parents have insisted their children do something, rather than asked them.
“Asking a child for a hug rather than insisting on one, is a form of respect for that person – no matter the age, big or small. It is proper etiquette and the greatest form of respect to their rights to their bodies and life,” she explains, per Global News.
Carson also spoke out and addressed the intense backlash.
The expert wrote on the New Matilda website that she’s been overwhelmed by the response and the ‘vile messages’ that keep flooding in.