What is Consent? (PEATC)

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What is Consent? Consent means that you agree to something.You say YES.We consent to all kinds of things every day like scheduling appointments or whether to buy the new car that the salesman is showing us. But consent isn’t just saying YES.We need our consent to be “informed.” Informed consent means that when you say YES, you understand exactly what you are agreeing to and what the results may be. Informed consent is especially important in sexual matters.Your child needs to understand what saying YES means if someone asks them to engage in any romantic or sexual behavior. It could lead to pleasure, but it could also lead to fear, a sexually transmitted infection, pregnancy, etc. We don’t want to scare our children, but they do need to fully understand what saying YES means.