The latest gem from the expert class earns a real eye roll. According to so-called “experts” in early childhood development, parents should actually seek a newborn’s consent before tackling a soaked diaper.
That’s the word according to a new report from the New York Post. “At the start of a nappy change, ensure your child knows what is happening,” explain researchers from Australia’s Deakin University. “Get down to their level and say, ‘You need a nappy change,’ and then pause so they can take this in.”
“Then you can say, ‘Do you want to walk [or] crawl with me to the [changing] table, or would you like me to carry you?’” these alleged experts continued. “Observe their facial expressions and body language to check if they understand what is happening.”
The experts pitch diaper changing as a teachable moment, complete with pep talks about “consent” and “body autonomy,” even though the babies can’t talk, walk, or even comprehend the concepts that they’re supposedly being taught. “This can be a time to help children learn about consent and how their bodies work.”
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“This is more about integrating the teaching of consent into the [adult’s] parenting practices early on,” Yamalis Diaz, a clinical child psychologist with NYU Langone Health, explained. “It’s aimed at increasing the parents’ awareness of all the ways that the need for consent occurs in a child’s life.”
When it comes to having these important chats with kiddos, the sooner, the better, said Diaz, ensuring consent remains “part of the conversations throughout early development.
“Parents and kids will be more comfortable talking about and establishing boundaries.”
Lesley Koeppel, a NYC-based psychotherapist, agrees.
“Babies cannot verbally agree or disagree, but parents can still narrate what they are doing,” she told The Post. “This builds a foundation for bodily autonomy long before a child has language.”
Of course, Koeppel clarified that talking consent with babies is “symbolic rather than literal.”
“The validity of this approach lies in its message. You matter. Your body matters. I will always tell you what I am doing,” she said. “This becomes the template for healthy boundaries later in life.”
They frame it as a lesson in “bodily rights,” a phrase that fits neatly into the broader ideological campaign that treats children — including infants — as autonomous decision-makers who are not under the authority of their own parents. A psychologist quoted in the piece applauds the idea and claims diaper narration builds the foundation for future conversations about autonomy. But this is a ruse. They want parents to warm their babies up to a worldview in which parents must abide by their wishes and demands, and in which parental authority doesn’t exist.
It would be easy to dismiss these “experts” as stupid. But there’s something far more deliberate at work. Left-leaning authorities cloak their radical theories in the language of harmless advice, yet this isn’t about diaper changing at all. These guidelines are designed to erode parental authority.
They teach parents—and children—that kids have the right to make any decision about their own bodies and lives. That should sound familiar. It mirrors the ideology of the transgender cult, which treats parental consent as an obstacle to mutilating children before they can grasp the consequences. This diaper doctrine normalizes surrendering even the most basic parental responsibilities long before a child can speak, conditioning families to accept the idea that experts—not parents—get the final say.
