Tickling - Harmless laugh with ya kid or child abuse?

While I agree if the kid doesn't like it then stop as you are being a prat and frankly a bit odd, this seems a bit OTT.

Think the bigger issue is why random people's posts now make NZ National news

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle...ectid=12364456

Quote:

Mum's claim that tickling is child abuse divides the internet A mum's extreme view on social media has divided the internet, as she has controversially claimed that tickling should be considered "child abuse". According to the mother, if a child does not consent to tickling, the parent should stop immediately. If not, it should be construed as an act of child abuse. "If they [kids] come looking for it/ask for it, they like it [tickling]," she wrote in a message to another mum, which has since been widely shared on Facebook. "It's about consent and you are teaching them their body, their rules." The other parent was taken aback. "So it'd be child abuse to do it to my kids?" the parent replied in the text message exchange. They pointed out that most kids are extremely fickle and will change their mind constantly. "They will literally tell you to stop, then immediately ask to be tickled more." "Stop when they ask you to stop."...............

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