How to Teach Consent in Our Families

Rafe was sexually assaulted as a teen, and only began to open up to his family about it and his sexual identity as an adult. He now feels very much loved but bears the scars of the incident and the silence around it. And, Juleyka speaks with Rosalia Rivera, an abuse prevention expert who works with survivor parents, about how to teach consent and body autonomy in our families.

Featured Expert: 

Rosalia Rivera is a consent educator, sexual literacy advocate, change agent, founder of Consent Parenting, host of the About Consent podcast, creatrix of CONSENTwear and child sexual abuse survivor turned thriver. She helps child sexual abuse survivors who are now parents learn how to educate their children on body safety, boundaries and consent so that they can empower their child to prevent abuse. Unlike safety education programs by non-survivors that can't relate to the struggle, fears, and triggers of survivor parents; Rosalia offers sensitive, empowering and non-fear action & implementation based how-to-courses with guided support. To learn more about her work visit her website here.

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