Are You Consenting?

Permission is transactional and consent is an agreement where everybody has choice. When we say things like, I got consent, I gave consent, I had consent, it makes it sound Like an object that can be passed and then is done with and can be forgotten about. And in reality, it's a verb, it's something that we're constantly reassessing. So when I talk about consenting, I very often use that ING because it helps us reframe it in our heads.Things like learning to say no at all was really, really difficult, particularly for hugs. She says adults sometimes have a harder time getting their heads around this thing as it takes a little bit of