Teaching consent -- start 'em young!

[True Dough]

This can be done. This must be done!

[IluvPitties]

1. Poor kid. Wanna hug him!

[marble falls]

3. Poor kid? I think not. He's being directed off a bad path. That kid's been blessed.

[IluvPitties]

6. It was a light hearted comment!

[WhiskeyGrinder]

5. Wtf.

[IluvPitties]

7. I wasn't critizicing the message of the post.

[True Dough]

8. I get it

You're picturing this adorable little tyke just wanting to be friendly and lovable who gets rejected and you want to give him a reassuring hug. But you agree the youngster is better off learning how to accept rejection. I'm betting that's where you're coming from.

[IluvPitties]

9. Exactly!

[Blue_true]

10. That is how I read her post.

Kids need to be taught to respect other people's rights. Sometimes doing that is tough. The little girl could have had one of many reasons for not wanting him to hug her, his dad taught him to respect her wishes, regardless of how she came upon them. It is a tough lesson, sometimes taking the kid and giving him a reassuring hug powerfully reinforces the teaching that is being given to him, he understands that the teaching is being given in a loving way.

[marble falls]

2. This is a must read.

[Wounded Bear]

4. K & R...for visibility...nt

[BarbD]

11. Great post!

R-E-S-P-E-C-T!

[FakeNoose]

12. This is a story about a good Dad - he gets it

Happy ending!