Woman teaches how to create healthy boundaries to a young girl and it is a much-needed lesson

Elders need to teach young people about setting up their boundaries from an early age. Whether emotional or physical, everyone needs to maintain a healthy boundary while entering into a relationship. Mother of twins and a hairdresser, Tricia Hunter–who goes by @twintalk67 on TikTok–had one of her young relatives, Sophie, visiting her home. While she styled her hair, she discussed the important topic of teaching youngsters how to maintain their boundaries and it was not only enlightening for the young girl but for others on the internet as well.

"So our cousin Sophie is here visiting," Hunter shared in her video with Sophie sitting in front of a mirror, ready to get her hair styled. "She has a twin talk topic that she would like to discuss. So, what is your discussion about?" "What do you do in a situation where someone wants to be physical with you, but you don't think you're ready?" Sophie asked the serious question. Hunter promptly told Sophie that she should never do anything that she was not comfortable with.

"You have to value your feelings more than you value the other person's because if they valued yours and knew you weren't comfortable with it, they wouldn't try to pressure you to do something. So, always go with your gut instinct. Don't ever sacrifice how you feel for someone else because, then, if that person is eventually gone, one day, you're gonna be feeling regretful that you ever did it. So you don't ever do anything, especially when it comes to your body, that you're not ready to do, period," Hunter advised.

She continued explaining to Sophie that if a person cared about her, then they would understand and be patient with her. "But what if you know that the person would immediately leave you?" Sophie questioned again. "Well, then, that's nobody you want to be with. If somebody's not okay with the fact that you're not ready to be physical with them and that they're willing to leave you because you're not ready to be physical with them, then they're not worth having," Hunter clarified. "Now, when you are in a relationship, people compromise. But you don't ever compromise when it comes to your body okay?" Hunter concluded and Sophie agreed with her. 

The TikTok community lauded Hunter for passing on the valuable advice to her relative and many, possibly, took notes as well. @rachieboom wrote, "Please tell me this conversation continued so she could keep feeling the confidence in prioritizing her boundaries. She was breathing so heavy." @for.ever.ghoul remarked, "I am 25, turning 26 and have never regretted saying no to something when I wasn't ready. Thank you for being such a good support to these angels."

@feliciaray87 mentioned, "That sweet baby was fighting for her life not to cry. I hate that she's already going through that type of pressure." @jasminbatalla added, "It means he will immediately leave once you give it up anyway. You say no? He leaves. You say yes. He leaves after he takes what he wants." @asapcrusty777 quipped, "If only someone gave me this advice at this age, I would have been much better off. Top tier advice."   

You can follow Tricia Hunter (@twintalk67) on TikTok for more videos on parenting and lifestyle.