Love these posts! Bodily autonomy is a huge deal for me, and it's the thing that I most want to jump in on when I see parents out in public. I don't, unless they're being abusive, because I don't have kids, and raising kids is hard, and people get defensive when they think you're judging them, but I hate how our society tells us all that children are dumb and incapable of regulating or controlling their own bodies, and that parents must force them to do things they don't want to do. It makes my heart hurt for those little kiddos.

Thanks for sharing this lovely series. I just came across an Emma Goldman quote I thought you might appreciate: "No one has realized the wealth of sympathy, the kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. The effort of every true education should be to unlock that treasure."