Here Are 4 Ways We’re Accidentally Teaching Kids That Consent Doesn't Matter

[Shankapotomus]

24. I agree

Social interactions should not be forced on kids. I'm talking about a simple greeting. A greeting does not imply a social relationship. Ultimately, the behavior will be coerced out of adults through positive and negative interactions based on behavior anyway (there are social penalties for being rude or truthful), what is the point of this training if society is just going to hammer it out of us anyway?

Plus, a child that doesn't learn how to greet someone without spinning some negative inner narrative around that greeting is going to have to learn how not to do that later in life. Not being able to give someone a basic greeting is going to have far worse repercussions later in life. Training a child they do not have to greet someone is like training them to not look both ways when crossing the street. It's complete overkill when the problem is not the greeting as such but what could follow the greeting.

In this day and age, when refusal to acknowledge a partner in a domestic situation is such a common abuse, I can't believe someone would not see teaching children it's okay not to at least acknowledge someone is training in the same kind of abuse.

If someone did that to you in a work environment it would be abusive. If your partner did it to you it would be abusive. If a stranger did it they would be an asshole.

I agree children should be given more leeway than adults but refusing to greet someone is, ultimately, not an equally acceptable and valid alternative option as the video seems to present.