Children consent to all kinds of things every day. Ask any parent how difficult it can be to get a strong willed child to do anything from homework to kiss that auntie they don't like.
Many children help to look after disabled family members, help to run families, help in so many ways because children are respected and capable members of society. They don't have a vote of course despite often being smarter than many adults and so without any voice in how they are governed they remain the last section of society without a voice or rights.
Now with regards to sex, why is sex so impossible for a child to understand compared to everything else they cope with in normal life? I was a very sexual child, it was one of the few things I knew I enjoyed. There are also books and research that show this is really very common. We as adults just like to present children as asexual beings too sweet to want anything other than play with toys and sing choir songs.
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