Trendy Moms Are Asking Their Babies Permission to Pick Them Up

[Chris_Michael]

So they Do NOT become rapists.

Because the US is a RAPE CULTURE.

Women, I'm telling you now that if you think Millennials are fucked up... oh shit, you just wait until the next few generations of kids. And it's 100% your fault. Or rather, I should say it's Liberals fault in general.

This is the most stupid shit ever, and when asked, "You think this is typical of a Liberal?" my answer is "FUCK YES!"

Source: Heatstreet

Trendy Instagram moms are pioneering a new parenting trend – asking their babies for permission before picking them up.

Enterprising new parents claim to be expanding the boundaries of consent, even though their infants can’t talk and barely understand the world around them.

They claim that picking up babies without checking in with them first is an aspect of “rape culture” – and that raising them without involuntary lifting will make sure their sons don’t become rapists in later life.

The trend broke out of social media last week, when parent Nisha Moodley posted a selfie with her six-month-old son, Raven, describing her approach:

Since the moment he was born, we've always asked before we pick him up. I always feel for his "yes". Why? Because we want him to know that his body is his, and that others' bodies are theirs, and no one gets to make choices about someone else's body. . #lessonsinsovereignty #bornfree #endrapeculture . Sidenote: If you ever want to hold someone else's baby, my suggestion is to ask the parent, then ask the kid. It always touches my heart when someone takes a moment to connect with him and says "Can I hold you, dude?" . ADDENDUM: Comments are disabled. Thanks to everyone who shared your support & also those who didn't agree, but were thoughtful & respectful. Unfortunately, hundreds of people just came here to call me nasty names & wish terrible things upon myself & my child. I'm not interested in engaging with that kind of immature, thoughtless vitriol, even if just to delete. I pray we learn to meet our fellow humans w/ curiosity & compassion. . This short post was followed by a 10 min interview with a very kind reporter, which was turned into a short article. It wasn't designed to be a piece of in-depth journalism. Most media isn't. A whole bunch of other media spun-off from that. I have spoken w/ no other reporters; no one has asked me questions or checked facts. . Some have assumed that I'd never touch my baby w/out his explicit consent. That's not what I'm saying. I love my son - I would never sit back & leave him in harm’s way. It’s my honor & responsibility to care for him in all the ways a mother would. . I also talk to him, ask him questions, and “attune” to him in the way that I think the majority of mothers do, intuitively. This is the beginning of a lifelong conversation about choice & consent. I believe that when children feel that they have *some appropriate* choice, it leads to a greater sense of healthy autonomy. I want him to make healthy choices with his body & respects others’ as well. . I am by no means saying that people are bad parents for not doing what I do. So long as we're not harming or neglecting our children, to each their own. I'm not a perfect parent. I'm simply working at being as loving & conscientious as I can be, every day.

She claims she can “feel for his ‘yes'”, and that her parenting strategy will help #endrapeculture.

One commenter described the approach as “liberal horse-shitttttt”.

Others were more supportive, and said they do the same thing. Robin Weir, mother to a seven-month-old boy, wrote “We do this too… makes it feel more like we’re doing things ‘with’ him rather than ‘to’ him.”

More than 600 other users “liked” the post.

The breakout photo landed Moodley an interview with Yahoo! Beauty, where she expanded on the dangers of turning your offspring into a rapist by picking them up too eagerly.

She said: “I don’t ever want my son to be a sexual perpetrator or the victim of one, and the best thing I can do is honor his choices about his own body.

 

[HisArpy]

So, asking your son if it's ok if a woman touches him stops him from touching a woman without permission?

Uhhh, yeah. Right. Frigging idiots. These women need to have CPS come talk to them and review their parenting abilities. It's a BABY, not a potential rapist. Worse, it's YOUR baby and you're treating him like a future sex criminal.

Frigging idiots.

"Rape Culture"? This is just man hating going mainstream.

 

[handysr]

I feel bad for that baby. This looney-toon mom is likely not going to stop with one hair-brained idea with her baby. I'll bet the poor kid is going to be subjected to a litany of "progressive liberal ideals" through his formative years, and as a result be too fucked up in the head to think rationally.

I'll also bet that this kid will be the type to order his parent(s) around. You know, one of those families that get the hidden laughs of pity from those who see them in public.

 

[about_average]

Next up, The Flat Earth Society.

Really? Another thread about loonies?

Wow, 600 likes. Out of..ummm. 1 billion users a month.
0.00006% "liked" it.
The world is ending!!

 

[Chris_Michael]

Next up, The Flat Earth Society.

Really? Another thread about loonies?

Wow, 600 likes. Out of..ummm. 1 billion users a month.
0.00006% "liked" it.
The world is ending!!

That's funny because Liberals fight viciously over transgender people, which make up 0.6% of the entire population. You guys go nuts over it. We have to use proper pronouns, people in Canada can't voice their opinion regarding pronouns without being jailed, and now... it's transphobic to even want to fuck a vagina.

You guys are all the small % of loonies combined into one big insane asylum. It's not one small group or another. It's all the small groups combined.

That's what you're not getting.

 

[dan_c00000]

This seems like bullshit bait for "triggered" right wingers.

Heat Street is owned by your buddy Murdoch's News Corp.

 

[AnAmericanDarling]

This is just a bunch of crap. With each generation, kids are getting more and more spoiled, more and more entitled and for once I agree with Chris - it is "liberal horse-shit". Kids need to know that the world does not revolve around them.

This is also bad for Liberals. People need to know that not all Liberals are this nutty or willing to dance for their kids (or anybody, for that matter). I'm as Liberal as they come, but I think it's ridiculous.

As for these children potentially becoming possible rapists or possible victims, where the hell did they get that idea from? They must've pulled it out of their ass.

 

[Vanadorn]

"you guys"

Like everything else - there are a few outlier nutfucks that tout a label and everyone thinks that because these loud mouth fucktards identify as "X" - all people who are "X" are like that.

All republicans are gun toting black hating racists.
All muslims want to bomb America
All jews are money grubbing liars
All liberals are looney hate-spewers
All blacks are thieves and lazy
All mexicans are rapists and job stealers.

None of that is true - of course there are going to be a few - and I mean A FEW people who are like that - but that doesn't mean everyone is. That's just the "other side" holding up their strawman argument and yelling, "See! See! That person IS doing what we all assumed "X" would be doing! See! See!" Get over yourself.

People are both pretty wonderful and fucking assholes at the same time.

As for the kids, there are just as fucked up conservative parents and parenting techniques being done on the .0006% of their children.

Don't believe everything you read on the internet.

-V