Cyberbullying

What does permission and consent mean?

Permission means that you are allowed to do something and consent means that you are giving permission and you have got permission to do something. For example, if you ask someone to get access to an app, you will need consent to get access.

It’s Okay to Say No

It’s okay to say no because you are controlling yourself. Nobody else can control you. It’s your choice. Your teachers, parents, friends cannot ever control you. If someone forces you to do something you are not comfortable with, then you have the power to say no.

This is a story based on two friends playing a game. Zishan invites his friend Maisie in his zone with a join code.

“Wow, this place is amazing!” texts Maisie.

Then Zishan texts back, “Thanks, I really appreciate it,”.

The next day, Zishan logs into the game and finds out that Maisie has passed on the join code to other people.

“Maisie, who are these other people in my zone?” Zishan messages.

Maisie texts back being calm and chilled about it, “Oh, these are just a couple of friends from school! I just wanted to show how cool your zone was,”.

Zishan texted back ” Well, that’s not cool of how you didn’t ask me. I would have said yes, but it is not cool how you didn’t tell me,”.

Maisie didn’t ask Zishan for consent to share the code. This is why consent and permission is important.

What is consent and permission?

Consent is when you are allowed to do something and permission is when you are allowed to do something, an example of this is if a photo is shown online with the person’s permission.

It’s okay to say no.

It’s okay to say no because sometimes you don’t have to do something that a person is asking you to do. However you can’t sometimes have a choice to say yes or no. Your friends also have to ask permission to do something that involves you like adding a new person in your group or telling your personal details, also some companies have to ask your personal details but you can say no to telling your details.

An example for not asking permission to tell people your friend’s personal information.

A story about not telling permission is a boy called Zishan invited his friend Maisie into his game Maisie she says she likes the world and says for Zishan to be a game designer. The next day, Zishan realises that lots of strangers in his world he asks Maisie why there is so many people in his world, she says that they are friends from school but Zishan is angry that she has not asked for permission to tell people the code to get into Zishan’s world, Zishan says you should have asked for permission instead of inviting people I do not know. This is wrong because Maisie has not asked for permission for people in Zishan’s world. She should have asked for permission from Zishan so he could have said yes or no.

By Ansel and Stefan.