Child nudity in public

[GlowWurm]

Apologies if this has been discussed at length, I didn’t want to do a search for ‘child nudity’.

I was at the local pool and a woman was showering off her little boy, who was stood there facing forward completely naked. This was in a very public area of the changing rooms, it’s just a line of shower heads on a wall in front of the entrance to the pools (this is a mixed sex changing room). Little boy was approximately 2? I’m not good with children’s ages, the age when they are tottering about but not overly stable. I noticed some women walked in and they saw and looked at each other with a bit of a worried look, so I don’t think it’s just me?

There are also private showering cubicles available.

Phones are not banned although presumably there are rules around not taking photos, but of course anyone could if they wanted. I do realise not all
men are predators so I’m not trying to tar everyone like that.

My question is…is this acceptable behaviour and I’m just being overly concerned?

Do you think that there weren't paedophiles around 10 years ago? Let our kids be kids ffs.

Yes of course there were ten years ago but unfortunately the explosion in online sharing of indecent images makes our world now a much more dangerous place for children. Obviously by this thread many people still are not realising how bad this has got. If you worked in the police or anything to do with cp you most definitely would not be writing these replies. Don't take unnecessary risks with your children it's really quite simple.

I think if it were me I'd only shower my kid naked in a private shower cubicle, or at a push in a female only shower area/changing room.

But I guess it's down to the individual parent. It's not like you could approach them and start saying 'oh no, you'd better cover him up on case of paedos' or complain to the pool saying the young boy's nudity was 'offensive/indecent'.

If the parent is OK with it then I think you just have to ignore. It's not like brief spells of nudity are that unusual in a swimming changing area.

I am well aware of how bad this is . I worked with sex offenders for many years and know what devious predators they are. My point is , we can protect our children whilst still allowing them be kids, innocent/ free whatever you wanna call it, without putting the fear of god in them.

I don’t think anyone is advocating that or that you make a great big noisy fuss about it and scare your young child rigid. Just shower them in swim pants and keep swim pants on at the beach. Hardly childhood destroying stuff 🙄

Keeping their private's covered in public isn't putting the fear of god into them though is it ? Come on if that really is your job you can not think it's ok I really cant believe that.

Also the kid sees everyone else is wearing swimming costumes so are not going to question why they are

It's not my job.It used to be. Where did I say it was ok? I've spent enough hours with these abhorrent people to know how their depraved minds work.

Last time I checked, kids were as capable of being kids with clothes on as without.

My child has never, and will never be naked in a public space. Each to their own but I don't think it's a good idea, I also think it's completely unnecessary.

Absolutely - and imo ensuring their privates are covered helps reinforce the message that some parts of the body are, in fact, private.

I wouldn't do that, we just have a quick rinse with the costume on and a proper bath at home. At that age I don't think it's a problem but I did see some older kids (5+) naked in the communal showers recently and I felt that was inappropriate.

My toddler is never naked in public, though when younger I might have done a nappy change on a bench, or changed into swimwear to play in fountains pr splash parks. I don't like to see nudity in splash parks or beaches, for sun protection and also because there often are families taking snaps of their own dc playing, and a naked child could end up in the shot.