Consent (for Kids!): Boundaries, Respect, and Being in Charge of YOU
by Rachel Brian
Consent as a skill, not a lecture.
For you if
you want your kid to practice saying no and hearing it, not just be told about it
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Brian, co-creator of the "Tea Consent" video, turns consent into a skill a kid can practice: set a boundary, hear someone else's, and know what to do when yours gets ignored. The book is a graphic-novel hybrid with big type and jokes, so it reads like a conversation instead of a lecture. It compares your body to a country you rule alone, which makes bodily autonomy concrete for a nine-year-old. It also points kids toward a trusted adult when something feels wrong.
Where This Book Lives
Publisher age range is 6 to 10, so it skews toward the younger end of Little Anarchists.
Part of a Reading Journey
Same pattern, different era
Different time, different place. The same thing keeps happening.
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