Not to want toddler naked in garden ?

[lucie333]

My sons grandmother thinks I'm being unfair to my 2 year old for "forcing " Him to wear swimming costume in the pool?

My reasons behind this are I was Molested by my neighbour from 5-9 years old. I want to protect my son, he does not need to be naked in my opinion but am I being too over protective?

My other issue is I don't want him in the garden when his papa is cutting the grass because he tries to touch it when it's running and I'd much rather him stay in house and then go out when it's all done but his grandmother ignored me and took him out anyways after I said no and I caught her letting him pull on the string that starts the lawnmower! Please tell me your options am I being too over protective?

I do apologise if anyone was confused, papa is my ex partners dad we split recently, which is both my Children's father

I wouldn't mind the nudity although there is more risk of sunburn. The lawn mower access is wrong. Why give him the idea that it is something that can be played with ?

I agree with you OP,

• naked in the garden in the sun is just begging for childhood sunburn and lifetime skin cancer risk.
• lawnmowers are dangerous around small children

Re the nudity, it wouldn't be an issue for me, for a toddler. What would be an issue would be exposure to sunlight, and I'd be making sure I'd protected the child from that with sunscreen.

I understand your reasons but I think you’re unreasonable. I as an adult can go naked in my own garden if I wish; in fact, I’m currently wearing a thong and a bra. Being overlooked is irrelevant-if someone decides to molest me on account of me being naked in my own garden you know that is unreasonable . It’s healthy for kids to get some air to the genitals and if sunburn is an issue, my DD used to wear a t-shirt with no bottoms.

That is absolutely not true.