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post #1 of 50
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The dressing girls thread got me thinking...
This happened about a month ago, and I've already done what I would do, so now I'm asking WWYD. I'll post later what I actually did.

Dh and I were driving out of base housing. For those of you who are familiar with base housing, not all the houses have large yards. In fact, in many of them, you can stand on the street and spit and see what it looks like when it hits the front door.
Okay, so we're driving out of base housing and there is a house very close to the street. In the front yard is a family around a wading pool.
The parents are sitting in lawn chairs dangling their feet in the pool.
A toddler girl...I'm thinking 2 or less...was playing in the pool. She was naked.
A larger girl...the size of my dd, so I would guesstimate 6 or 7 years old....was standing in the front yard. She was not in the pool, she was just standing there, as if she were just getting in or just getting out of the pool. She was also naked.
Like I said, she was very close to the street (we could see every definition of her body just driving by). This is in a neighborhood, so this family had houses on each side of them, as well as across the street. This neighborhood, while it is base housing, is not actually on base, so absolutely anyone could drive past this house at any time (it is not a gated or secure community).

So...WWYD?
post #2 of 50
I'd be happy that the family was having wonderful time together in the pool.
post #3 of 50
I would probably do nothing. I would not let my kids ages 4 & 6 run naked ( not that they would want to anyway) but those are not my kids. So I would do nothing
post #4 of 50
I have to agree. Why should aything be "done" about a naked child playing. Hasn't that gone on since time immortal?
post #5 of 50
No, I would not say or do anything unless I knew the person. I am just not that kind of person.



I was at the beach once and was changing my almost 3 year old out of his wet bathing suit into a dry shorts. He got away from me for a second. I quickly got him back and put his shorts on. Well, we attracted the attention from this very strange man. He came over to us and made me VERY uncomfortabel. He made a comment about my DS's penis.

Anyway, even though naked kids should not be an issue. There are just to many perverts out there and I would not want any of them getting any ideas about my kids.
post #6 of 50
I would MYOB, and maybe feel glad that this child was still feeling so comfortable with herself and innocent.
post #7 of 50
Yeah, I have no problem with it. I wouldn't say a thing.

Perverts are Perverts and you don't need your child to be naked to get them going. I think trying to blame nakedness for that sort of attention is akin to blaming women for dressing a certain way to invite rape. If you watch your kids then you don't have to worry about it. A guy isn't going to fondle your child while you are sitting there with him/her.
post #8 of 50
My kids run around naked all the time, especially the 2 year old. Although, now my dd who is going to be 10 only goes nude in the back yard (Her choice). I see no problem with kids or adults being naked. We make it a big deal not them. I would just mind my own business, and probably not give it another thought, except that it would be nice to see more families sitting out together in the yard.

H
post #9 of 50
I'd keep my eyes on the road.
post #10 of 50
They were well supervised. Their parents were there. I can't see every dimention of the cars driving on the road with me, no less the bodies of some naked kid. You'd have to have been staring, rather than driving. Good for those parents for not making their kids feel dirty about their bodies. I would have given them a big thumbs up and smile.
post #11 of 50
Where we go camping (when not pregnant) in August the owner of the ranch lets her kids run around naked and told me it was find if DS did too, just clean up any presents he left and not worry about any puddles (the land was so dry, any water was welcome). Me? I let DS run naked a few times. DP _had_ to put clothing on him. I didn't see a problem. He was covered from head to toe in sunscreen - including his dingle - so why not let him have the freedom?

Childhood and clothing optional resorts are the only places one can go naked in this society without fear of reprisals. Any other time, at the very least the genitals need to be covered.
post #12 of 50
In my state, the law is that after age 8 the genitals must be covered. I don't see too many 6 and 7 year olds walking around in nothing but thong underwear, even though it's technically legal.
post #13 of 50
I wouldn't "do" anything, but I would consider it a bit odd at that age, in the front. But I'm also basing that on dd1 who is very private. Ask me again when my 3yo streaker is that age!
post #14 of 50
So what did you do?
post #15 of 50
I have been wondering the same thing! Me thinks it was not nothing :LOL
post #16 of 50
Please don't tell us that you stopped and lectured them!
post #17 of 50
Putting clothes on your child won't keep them safe from perverts.
post #18 of 50
I wonder how? Aren't most of the victims wearing clothes at the time? Would any parent, upon knowing that some pedophile was checking out her kid, think to herself "Oh it's OK, she's wearing clothes"?

And you wouldn't be concerned about perverts eyeing the younger child?
post #19 of 50
Disclaimer: I personally think that letting a 7 year old run around naked in your yard is FINE.

Re the pervert thing: Many child molesters/pedophiles seek out their victims ahead of time; identify a target, in a way. In this sense, the little girl has the potential of being noticed and saught out by some sick-o who knows where she lives.
post #20 of 50
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Many child molesters/pedophiles seek out their victims ahead of time; identify a target, in a way. In this sense, the little girl has the potential of being noticed and saught out by some sick-o who knows where she lives.
I think it's because he knows where she lives, not just because she was naked. And I'm sure the younger girl would be equally likely to be a target.

I would be nervous about any car that slowed down when my children were playing in the front yard.
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