Episode 9: Talking to Teens About Consent & Healthy Boundaries
In this episode, Denise Mosawi explores why consent conversations often need to look different for neurodivergent children and teens. She explains why reading social cues in the moment can be a genuine skill gap rather than a character flaw, why skipping the conversation because a teen "won't understand" is itself a risk, and how years of compliance training can quietly erode a young person's sense that they're allowed to say no. Denise shares concrete, practical strategies — from treating consent as ongoing rather than one-time, to rehearsing scripts through role play, to building explicit communication options for non-speaking teens.
