A new social media movement claims that tickling your child is 'child abuse'

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Stop when they ask you to stop. It’s about consent and you are teaching them their body, their rules,” the first argued. Image: Facebook/Getty The second found this stance shocking, asking she would label tickling as "child abuse".

The second mother also added that her children are fickle and often change what they want moment-to-moment. “They don’t like it, then they do, then they don’t, then they want [to be] tickled more.

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