Parents should ask babies for ‘consent’ before changing their diapers

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00:00as if parents didn't have enough to worry about already the next time your newborn blows out their

00:06diaper and you are trying desperately to find a new one wipes a clean outfit and to clean up

00:11whatever else is now soaked in poo be sure to stop and ask the baby for consent that is the

00:18new advice from researchers in australia who say quote get down to their level and say you need a

00:25nappy change and then pause so they can take this in they even say you should give the wordless

00:31wonders a choice between crawling to the changing table perhaps they'd like to be carried what the

00:39actual exactly how long is a parent expected to wait for the aforementioned consent years if they're

00:48not talking well never fear the researchers have thought of that parents should use the kiddos

00:53facial expressions and body language to make sure they understand what's happening to them

00:58okay what is all this wildly unrealistic advice even getting at well the researchers say quote

01:04these habits plant the seed of the idea that a child has the right to say what happens to their body

01:10okay i get that that is insanely important enthusiastic consent should absolutely be

01:17taught early and often but perhaps not as early as the time that they're discovering their own

01:23feet and shoving things up their nose and they're not dazzled by a game of peekaboo