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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
theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2

The Guardian · ‘Mummy would prefer you not to do that’: how ‘no’ became a dirty word in parentingBy Nell Frizzell

@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.

Cassandrich

@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.