Today’s episode features consent educator, sexual literacy advocate, speaker, founder of Consent Parenting, host of the About Consent Podcast and change agent, Rosalia Rivera. Rosalia works with parents who are survivors of sexual abuse to help them learn and teach proper abuse prevention and consent to their children.
“I’m a mom of 3 little lovely consent-empowered humans between the ages of 4 and 8. It wasn’t always like this. They didn’t know about consent, boundaries or body safety. They were little chicks and I was the hen that hid them under my wings. I’m proud of how far they’ve come and how much more confident I am in their ability to speak up for themselves.” Rosalia Rivera.
WHAT WE DISCUSS:
Akilah and Rosalia chat about the implications that a lack of bodily autonomy can lead to, as well as the importance of strong foundations in children in terms of mental and body boundaries. Rosalia speaks to the immense value of acknowledging children’s rights to speak up in situations that could make them feel uncomfortable or unsafe, and giving children the tools to speak up about their needs and experiences.
Rosalia also talks about consent culture vs rape culture and how childism indoctrinates children into a notion of following authority without questioning said authority, and how that sets them up for being more easily victimized.
They conclude by noting that effective communication and partnership are what facilitate emergent structure, deep listening, and the capacity to develop and offer tools in support and education around consent culture. The intention is to make sure more adults know how to identify potential predators and help children set boundaries that can lead them into healthy, respecting relationships with others.
LIBERATION WALK
- Nervous about screen time? Moji is offering a 3-month course for that! She is offering support to families who are deschooling and raising free people. Tap into some of the insights that Moji gave us back in Episode 168: Resistance + Returning
- Unschooling was in the New York Times! Did you see it? It’s called ‘When You Get Into Unschooling, It’s Almost Like a Religion’ by Molly Worthen
- Akilah’s book, Raising Free People: Unschooling as Liberation and Healing Work is available! Go to rfp.com/book to get it, and tell Akilah what you were feelin’ or what you discovered or what got you hyped… all of it. She’d love to know!
- Raising Free People Network’s Presence Counselors Leslie Bray and Anthony Galloway, Jr. are here to support unschooling and deschooling processes for families and organizations
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