To let my 2 year old play naked.

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We were in the local park today. It has a new sand and water area which wasn't open last time we were there.
DD was happily playing in it, pumping the water tap affair and ended up with her jeans and top drenched. She stripped them off and carried on playing in just her knickers. She eventually got these soaked too and as she hates wet knickers, took them off.
I only had 1 clean pair and 1 clean dress with me so let her carry on in the buff as she was having fun.
There was a couple of women giving cat's bum mouths but I ignored, she's 2 FFS and I was right there with her. Not sure what was going to happen to her.

Anyway was telling DH tonight and he was really shocked I'd let her do this. I just think there's nothing more lovely and innocent than kids not giving a damn.

So Mumsnet jury, AIBU?

catgirl thats 2 posters now that have had these experiences.
Does that maybe make you realise that these sickos are maybe not as few and far between as you may think?

my thoughts exactly bodyofeyore

"I am at people thinking there is something unnatural about a child being naked.

there is nothing wrong, but SOME peoples reactions are. BETTER TO ERR ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION

Indeed!
It's not unnatural to be naked, but it's not in anyone's best interest to be naked in public.

I would never allow my daughter to run around naked, why it's called skin cancer. I heard no mention of suncream being applied liberally to her skin. If you think I am being unreasonable my sister recently went to have her moles checked and one was found to be pre cancerous. Sun damage starts at as soon as you get burnt or even tanned and it can happen on an overcast day.

I let my two run around naked at home but not out and about. In this case I would have left the pants on.

Because people wear clothes in public. and their private parts are private. DS1 has ASD and needs rules, so our rules are:
-naked in front of mummy and daddy, yes
-pants on rest of the time.
-don't touch your brother's willy and nobody touches yours.

If I were to let him run around naked, he would get confused and want to run around naked all the time. Clothes are socially acceptable so clothes it is.

There are so many of these threads at the moment.

It is very sad for kids who see their parents making faces at a naked two year old. The negative impact will be on those children, not the naked child.

It is sinister that people feel they can take an interest in, and socially police the body of someone else's child to the point of making faces or even commenting.

There is nothing wrong with wanting your child to keep their clothes on in public, but there is something wrong with an adult obviously taking an interest in another child's nudity in a sandpit. I'm glad to say that I have never seen adults acting like that and think it is an MN thing.

It's not unnatural to be naked, but it's not in anyone's best interest to be naked in public.

Apart from too much exposure to the sun why? Genuine question-if I am sitting in the park why is it in my best interests for the 2 yr old with a family next to me to be clothed? Why is it is the 2 yr olds 'best interest' (other than too much sun)?

deja vu anyone?

I'm too depressed by this thread. Really, really sad that people feel like this. I blame the media for a fair bit of it.

I am not so much depressed by this thread but I am depressed that it is one of many at the moment. It is sad-I'm not sure what has caused this mass disapproval of something that has always been quite natural and normal.It is also never a problem as DCs naturally cover up once they get to about 7yrs.

I'm still waiting for someone to tell me why it isn't in my best interests for me to see naked 2 yr olds when I haven't got one myself, am not bothered and am a respectable woman of mature years?

You feel depressed by it? Seriously?

I let my dc's run round naked at home but wouldnt in public. That being said there is so much hysteria about paedophiles being everywhere my oh and a lot of his male friends who also have children say they hate it when out in places like beaches, aqua play parks and there are naked children running around for fear that every woman is watching them thinking paedophile!

I really really dont get why some of you are so insistent that children should be able to be naked in public
How on earth does it harm children to learn social rules and i fail to see how childrens play will be affected or not as much fun if they are not naked??!!??
some of these views really baffle me!

Not enough to affect daily life. but depressed for our DCs-another erosion of childhood.

In reply to Eeyore.

My DS would rather be in his SPiderman outfit than naked anyway.

I dare say he would Eeyore. I can't say that mine were ever naked outside-they were too busy playing to remove clothes. But I am sad that people see it as something worth discussing.

Agree with exotic in terms of level of and reason for depression regarding this thread.

It isn't that I want the right for DCs to be naked. I don't think that mine were-or not for long-they are fair skinned so didn't even go topless for long. It is the fact that people are so bothered about others, neurotic about paedophiles and think it even worth mentioning.
There are things that I hate more, babies in silly hairbands with no hair, babies with feet crushed into trainers when they can't walk,2 yr olds with pierced ears, 2 yr old in football strip-I could go on and on. But people like it-it doesn't hurt anyone and I wouldn't want to stop it because I don't like it!

Mrsshears, children already have the right to be naked. There isn't a social rule against it. There were public situations where some children were naked when I was a kid and there still is now.

The social rule in question is whether or not it is acceptable for people to make obvious negative responses to the nudity of a child that is not their own. That seems to me to be a new social rule, and something that I never saw happen as a child. It is depressing, because it is about quite a large minority of the general public now viewing the bodies of children as sexualised, and then projecting those feelings on to the supposed presence of a paedophile, but the person who is actually making the negative response to the child is them.

Exotic, I do agree with you about hairbands and pierced ears.

That is my problem with it, littlebluespring.It is an erosion of childhood, why should 2 yr olds be learning about when to cover a body up, they are babies? They learn it naturally.
I don't see why we need to draw any attention to it, it is completely innocent, as shown by my story about the 6yr old boy who played naked all day with another naked DC,without realising that he was playing with a girl!
It is no wonder we have 5yr old girls not liking their bodies-I don't know why we need to draw attention to it in anyway.
When mine were little we didn't have the internet but I can't even remember anyone remarking on it let alone think it a subject worthy of discussion. This isn't a one off thread-there are others.
I can see that in 10yrs time 4yr old DCs will have to get changed behind a towel on the beach-it will be so frowned upon.