Consent and compliance
Compliance can look like agreement while arising from fear or dependence. Free consent must be genuine and continuing.
Forms of pressure
Coercion may be emotional, psychological, financial, physical, reputational, relational or connected to housing, immigration, education, digital monitoring or isolation.
Context and proportionality
Not every family influence or disagreement is coercion. Examine power, pattern, dependence, consequences and counter-evidence without using stereotypes.
Evidence and uncertainty
Concern can justify safeguarding action before legal proof. Concern is not proof, and a learner or friend should not investigate.