Bikini's on Babies

[Jackie]

The "above the knees" is really pushing it for infants/toddlers. Keep in mind that their proportion is so different from an older child. Even if a dress is "longer", it's hard NOT to have the diaper/undies show.

On a more humorous note, Rachael's friend did her Senior Pictures. In one of them, Rachael was sitting on the ground in a knee-length dress. But the way she was sitting and the camera angle showed right up her dress, and you could see her underwear !!! Believe me, we deleted that one right away!!! And the young lady taking it hadn't noticed. She's a very sweet young woman who is VERY modest, and would NEVER have sent it on to me had she noticed. I did give her a hard time about it, though !

[Emjay]

Wow eight pages!

[Emma's#1fan]

Originally Posted by Emjay

Wow eight pages!

We are a bunch of overly opinionated homeschool mommas!

[Jackie]

Hey, read this article today, and thought it applied to our conversation: http://www.livescience.com/21609-sel...ung-girls.html

[Emma's#1fan]

Thanks for sharing. The article is very suitable for this thread.

[Emjay]

Originally Posted by Jackie

Hey, read this article today, and thought it applied to our conversation: http://www.livescience.com/21609-sel...ung-girls.html

I quizzed Loralei and she said she
* looks like the modest doll but wants to look like the sexy doll.
* thinks the sexy doll is more popular than the modest doll.
* wants to be friends with the sexy doll more than the modest doll.

[JosieB]

Considering the ages of the girls (6-9 years old) this paragraph kinda shocked me

However, girls who didn’t consume a lot of media but who had religious mothers were much more likely to say they wanted to look like the sexy doll. "This pattern of results may reflect a case of 'forbidden fruit' or reactance, whereby young girls who are overprotected from the perceived ills of media by highly religious parents … begin to idealize the forbidden due to their underexposure," the authors wrote. Another possibility is that mothers of girls who displayed sexualized attitudes and behaviors had responded by restricting the amount of TV and movies their daughters could watch. Regardless, the authors underlined, "low media consumption is not a silver bullet" against early self-sexualization in girls.

I wasn't at ALL worried about being sexy at that age! Nor did I know any 'sexy girls' at that age.

[Emjay]

Originally Posted by JosieB

I wasn't at ALL worried about being sexy at that age! Nor did I know any 'sexy girls' at that age.

I was 11-12 before I learnt girls were suppose to be sexy

(I grew C cup boobs and very quickly learnt that guys only thought of me one way a shock to the system for a life long tomboy I spent over a decade after that trying to be invisible.)

[MonkeyMamma]

Originally Posted by tiffharmon2001

Which takes us back to the OP and that it's not anyone else's place to criticize what someone else chooses for their own child. Perhaps the Lord is dealing with this woman in other areas right now and hasn't laid it on her heart to worry about whether her baby's swimsuit fits someone else's definition of modesty. So who are we to judge what is right for her or her child?

It really surprises me that the answer from so many of us on education issues is "do what is right for YOUR family" or "no one else has the right to tell you how to raise your child." But, that doesn't necessarily apply to other areas of life.

DH and I have certain standards for what we allow our kids to wear for swimming (or what we do not) but I would never feel it was my place to tell my friend what she should/shouldn't allow her children to wear.

Just popped in here to the Spot to see what everyone has been up to and I actually have read all 8 pages of responses!

Anywho....not that it matters but I totally agree with what is quoted above. It isn't your business to tell me how my children should be allowed to dress, what they should eat, how much tv they should be allowed to watch, what homeschool curriculum I should use, etc...........and it isn't my business to tell you either.

I allow both of my daughters who are 16 and 9 to wear bikinis, tankinis and one piece suits. I am 36 years old and wear bikinis too. When I go to the beach or pool the last thing on my mind is what some other family is going to think of my choice in swim wear. As long as my husband and I are ok with it and my girls feel comfortable in what they are wearing then my focus is on having a fun family day. I would never ever tell my friend that I think her choice of swimwear for her child isn't appropriate.

[Jackie]

Originally Posted by MonkeyMamma

As long as my husband and I are ok with it and my girls feel comfortable in what they are wearing then my focus is on having a fun family day. I would never ever tell my friend that I think her choice of swimwear for her child isn't appropriate.

Sounds good to me!