Should kids be naked on a public beach

[YabaJaba]

If so, at what age should they put a cossie on?

No, you don’t know who’s about. My parents have so many pictures printed of me and my siblings naked at the beach, on the toilet for the first time (potty training I hope) and in the bath and I find it so strange 😂

With all the cameras around now? No.

It’s a no from me

I would say they should always wear trunks/bottoms of some kind as babies and then costumes from toddlers. They never need to be naked in public

Never naked, but I'm more worried about skin damage tbh

If it's warm enough to be naked there's enough sun to damage their skin so it'd be a no from me purely from that perspective

With the AI apps that can transform a couple of pictures into other images and videos, no. It just is not worth the risk, no matter how small.

Recently went to Sweden, swam in various lakes and public beaches on rivers etc. I'd say it was rare for a small child to be anything other then naked when in the water.
Maybe a top on when digging in sand etc for sun protection purposes.

Sun burn is something to worry about but remarkable how the fear of nudity otherwise is not found across most of the rest of Europe. Do we really think British children are safer than Nordic kids?

Culturally normal for me too.

I don’t really worry about my child being naked on a beach - there are usually plenty of others, and I’ve never seen anything dodgy.

The British children are notable anywhere in the world because of their full body UV-suits and sun hats.

I wonder if we may have gone way too far in the opposite direction on sun protection. Yes you don’t want your child to get burnt, yes you need to keep them out of the midday sun, apply sunscreen etc… but they won’t combust if the sun touches their skin for a few minutes.

Whilst I don't think that there is anything wrong with toddlers, little kids being naked - I'd worry about sun burn.

Tbh when mine were small I just let mine run around in their t-shirts and pants and get their knickers/pants wet rather than strip them off.

I’d like to say it’s ok- because when they’re babies and toddlers it shouldn’t be a problem at all.
But I have never let me dc be naked at the beach and it’s due to not knowing the intentions of other people about/ cameras.

They should never be naked in public.

If we ever had a impromptu visit to the beach my DSs used to go in with no nappies on and a t shirt.

But once they were out of nappies they had trunks on

We only ever used quiet beaches though

Well as that risk includes the manipulation of fully clothed people, to remove or alter clothing, you’d better not take your DC anywhere!!

I tended to keep bottoms on mine (OK, sand can get anywhere regardless, but this reduced it) but think any type of dress/undress isOK

I think it is a very British thing, and I think even more so in England due to the huge 'safeguarding' culture which permeates everything.
Having spent time working in Europe, they are much more pragmatic about adult and child nudity, quick changes etc.

You mean the same apps which can do that to you fully dressed?
On an internet awash with pictures of naked people already?
I am intrigued why you think that anyone would go to the bother and secondly why you go out in public at all, ever...

No and it's not just because of cameras and pervs etc.

It's also because kids tend to stick their bums in the air when digging holes in the sand, and I really don't want to see it, although I'm not 'offended' if I do (I'd just rather not).

But it's also made my DH and adult DS uncomfortable at times, because they don't want to be accused of 'looking', when just like me, it's the last thing they want to look at.

We are mainland Europe. Nobody leaves the kids naked playing in general due to sand and sunburn. But no worries about naked young children getting changed or showering in beach and pool areas in between. Adults will also often get changed in the open and shower naked

This. Always put them in swimtroursers/swimsuit. Often we used UV swim clothes at the beach as sun protection.

Mine were always naked at the drop of a hat tbh 😄 don't think it's a problem at all.

Honestly, I think things like this are why our kids are getting progressively more anxious. They can’t even run around naked on the beach anymore ‘in case’ something takes a photo and turns it into child pornography? I mean. Surely that’s just so very unlikely?

so many things kids can’t do now ‘in case’. It’s sad and unhealthy and is it really justified?

This is so illogical I had to read it twice. It doesn’t matter what rhe culture is elsewhere, it’s about the individual parents feelings.

and for me, no I wouldn’t have full nudity in public. In the uk or Sweden.

Interesting answers.

I posted the question while sitting on the beach watching a couple of naked kids running around. They were probably 5/6 a boy and a girl.

I didn't feel comfortable tbh.

Depends what age