Kids an their bathing suits.

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I heard this on the radio. One of the DJ;s asked this question. What kind of bathing suite is suitable for a 6 year old? He was talking about how his EX wife had 5heir daughter in a string bikini (he said she’s 6) and when she came to his house , they went swimming he asked her to put on her one piece cuz he thinks the string bikini wasn’t suitable for kids. He pointed out he wasn’t taking about all two piece but the string bikini.. Now me being a lifeguard now I haven’t; seen any small kids in bathing suits that are like that. I mean I see girls in two pieces but nothing in like what my gf or sister would wear. I do see parents putting their kids in yellow or white suits and when they get wet there see threw. I HATE that. I dk about all pools but where I work if we see a child’s area we shouldn’t be we make them put on a tee shirt to cover. Personally I wish the parents would test it and not put them in it. I have white shorts but I always test it. I’d go nuts even if it was seeing my threw to my boxer briefs. Thoughts on the kids bathing suite? Is her dad over reacting or should kids wear kid suitable suites…. I guess he was meaning it not look like something a adult or teen would wear.

I think Americans are a bunch of hung up asses when it comes to kids and swim suits. In Europe, young kids don't wear anything and young prepubescent girls wear only bottoms. When our son was about 2 yrs old we went to the beach and he went nude.. People started staring like we were freaks.. I think they were the freaks. Idiots.

Oh yeah.. and if you see a small childs genetelia and you are freaked and shocked, then you are probably associating the nudity with sexuality and YOU are the freak.. So There! Bleahhh

the bathing suit wouldn't matter to me as long as it wasn't see threw. i could never let my kids (if / when i have them) go naked. i'd be too paronoid about the pedos checking him or her out.

They could be checking them out even in swim suits. What's the difference?

i dk.. I’m not attracted to kid parts. but i can say I’ve seen a few girls my age and older come out of the water in the ocean and her top was off..... other wise i wouldn't have noticed her (them).i dk. they probably would..... just like i'd look at a woman i thougth was hot. my simple fix to this is i;m not having kids.

I'm not picking at you about this.. I'm just saying in general.. The whole issue just irritates me.

i know your not picking. was good point. made me think... if shannon has her way(usally does) and we have a kid (or kids). I'm probly going to be one hell of a over protective dad.

You'd be a good dad.Oh yeah.. I just saw Natasha's post..It's not your or anyones fault for reacting the way they do. It's how people are breought up here in the US.. And sexualization of small kids bugs me. I just went off on it.Yeah a "string" bikini is too much a simple 2 piece would be fine though.

Originally Posted By: CR125 I do see parents putting their kids in yellow or white suits and when they get wet there see threw. I HATE that. hahaha classic. yeah I don't really notice this problem mainly because I'm never at public pools and I'm not a lifeguard. But sounds like a gross and slightly disturbing thing you have to deal with.

Originally Posted By: albeitmyselfHowever, I do think, personally, these string bikinis and the like on 6 year old girls are WORSE than letting them go topless because by nature the goal of a string bikini is to sexualize the female form. Nudity is natural, bikini fashions are designed to encourage sexual attraction. yeah, I was gonna say this but you beat me to it. I can't stand to see mothers dressing their little girls like young adults. Especially like slutty young adults. I'm afraid we're gonna have this problem with my niece and my ex-sister-in-law. Kalli will be 3 in a couple of weeks, and right now she dresses like a cute little 3 year old should. But her mom thinks it's funny to have her 3 year old shake her butt at people. She's not gonna think that's so funny when Kalli is 13 and doing it.But that's a tangent...chasing rabbits...

I was going to make the same point.

It's not so much that it's skimpy but that it's abit to sexualised and grown up for a little girl.
There are alot of pre-teens around now dressing in a very sexually suggestive way or being dressed like that by their parent and I don't really agree with that.

I'm sorry but things like this grate on my nerves to no end! Kids are supposed to be kids and nothing more!! Why in the hell do people insist on trying to make their children look like 40 y/o hookers?! It drives me insane and it really makes me want to slap some sense into people.Three out of four of my nieces (the youngest is still in the drooling stage) all think that they need to wear a string bikini. Each one of them asked their mom (sister-in-law) or step-mom (my sister) if they could buy a string bikini because you know, it's like all the rage now, and do you know the answer they got? A very stern 'NO'. Why did they did they get a no? Because a string bikini shows much more of their body than they need to be showing to anyone (and I don't know anyone who really needs to be looking at a 14 y/o, an 11 y/o, or an 8 y/o body for any reason). I agree with that too because a child should look like a child and not an oversexed object for whackos to ogle at. Kids are growing up faster than they should anyways now days, so why do we need to help push them into adulthood any faster?

Quote:Kids are growing up faster than they should anyways now days, so why do we need to help push them into adulthood any faster? Are they growing up faster or are their parents / step parents ( care givers) growing them up too fast? i mean when i was 6 all i wanted to do is ride on a trator or play with dump trucks... It was a older person that got me intrested in the older person's world. Would a 6 year old girl want a string bikini if an older person never put her in one in the first palce??.....

Might they just want a string bikini because it's the fashion? Would a six year olds associate a string bikini with sex? Isn't this more in the brains of those who are older?

do 6 year olds follow fashion.... i gues was more of the question. how would they know it's fashion unless a older person said so.

Originally Posted By: IneligibleMight they just want a string bikini because it's the fashion? Would a six year olds associate a string bikini with sex? Isn't this more in the brains of those who are older? There are a lot of things that little girls are doing these days without having the capacity to understand how sexual it is. That's why we don't let small children make their own choices. We, who are old enough to understand such matters, make the decisions for them. It's called parenting and I'm seeing how rare it is these days.

But it's only sexual because we say it is. As sdp points out, the European standard is, or used to be, that young children could be nude, and that wasn't considered sexual. It's not a matter of understanding things, but of imposing a culture.

After college, I spent 6 months traveling in Europe. When I hit the beaches, I was shocked and somewhat embarassed when some of the gals we met in the camp, dropped their tops. After a while it was no big deal and was quite common throughout the continent. It's all a matter of culture.

Originally Posted By: IneligibleBut it's only sexual because we say it is. As sdp points out, the European standard is, or used to be, that young children could be nude, and that wasn't considered sexual. It's not a matter of understanding things, but of imposing a culture. I get what you're saying. But the fact is, that's our culture. That's where we're at...that's where we're sitting. So when a small child exhibits these behaviors, she is exhibiting behaviors that are considered by most people as sexualized. There's a lot of crap that goes along with that which shouldn't be attached to children.