To think children shouldn’t be naked at the beach?

[Dolliebobs]

Been at the beach most of the day and I can not believe how many small children are walking around completely naked. Is this still a thing?

That may be so, but it's very easy for someone to take pictures and them end up dark places of the web for pedos to wank to.....

Jimmy Saville had a lovely view of the South Bay beach from the flat that he owned in Scarborough. This is one of the reasons that I agree with OP.

By dangerous I mean more that someone could be taking photos and videos of your child and you’d have no idea, not so much that they’d be kidnapped or assaulted at the beach. With phones cameras being so advanced these days it’s very easy for someone to discreetly take photos (even very zoomed photos).

A few pixels is not going to affect my child, whatsoever.

Lacks class? Get over yourself.

They can do that with your clothed child and remove their clothes via photoshop.

A pair of swimtrunks or a swimsuit will make absolutely no difference.

You’d be happy with pictures of your naked toddler being passed around or sold online? To be wanked over and manipulated into extreme images? Wake up people. It’s not 1950.

I’m lucky enough to have a lovely friend who works with children who have been victims of SA to help prosecute pedophiles. Based on what she’s told
me about things found on phones and computers etc of children and safeguarding… my children will NEVER be naked in public. Camera phones, meta glasses and just the fact they can sit there and watch my children is enough to make my skin crawl. I wish I could let them be free to paddle and not worry about who is videoing it for sick use and to share with other like minded monsters, but I can’t. The fact that they can manipulate images of clothed children is bad enough, but one thing that stood out to me was “what do you think would be more alluring to a predator? Watching an AI video or watching one they know for a fact is real and looking at exactly what your child looks like with no clothes on” I can’t stop them doing the first, but I can stop them from doing the second.

Doesn’t worry me. At all. I would prefer we had a German or Nordic outlook and could all swim naked from the beach.

I’m guessing the posters shrugging have never been abused themselves.

Weird how they can’t see that they could attract the wrong person who could take photos or god forbid become obsessed. Stop being lazy and at least put pants on your child. If you don’t care about predators then at the very least it will stop them getting sand up their arse.

😂

I probably never had any to begin with so I’m not missing them now (strips off and sits in the padding pool with a cold can of beer).

Children should be allowed to run free but sadly that’s not the world we live in especially with smart phones. Any creep could take a picture and do a lot of harm with it.

You're right, it's not 1950 - so a swimsuit will make no difference. They'll just use photoshop to remove any clothing.

It’s all part of the cool mum persona. People have such a sanitised view of the modern world and where these pictures can end up and in what form. I’d love to see the real reactions if the police knocked on their door to inform them images of their naked toddler were part of a wider investigation.

That is not the worst case scenario. Worst case is someone becoming obsessed, stalking, kidnapping. And if you’re on holiday your guard might be down. Sound familiar?

With the plethora of technology in this day and age their photos could end up god knows where. Evil men have delighted in seeing naked kids throughout the ages, but these days they can take it to another level. It's awful and sad but true.

Surely it's giving dc mixed messages? They learn about The Pants rule in nursery and school..
How is it then OK to be naked in full view of people on a beach?

Wrong. I have.

This is victim-blaming. I will not change our perfectly reasonable behaviour because of other pathetic wanker paedos.

We were always naked at the beach as children: innocent and free! Tanned from head to toe despite slatherings of suntan lotion. Wish my children could do the same but sun education has moved on and summers are more brutal; they wear swimming cossies. Naked and carefree in the garden, though, long may their carefree innocence last.

Jesus wept.

Oh, that's alright then.

You can be as naked as you like in your own garden! Enjoy!

Yeah well I work in children’s services and was raped aged 4 by a family member - but I see so much in work I can’t get in a froth over a nude toddler on a beach.

Over 65% of sex offenders are either family or known to the family, but sure go ahead and worry about statistically insignificant chance of a photo of a child on a beach ending up on the internet - I imagine there is v little difference between the likelihood of naked vs bathing suited children having photos taken. You could argue the risk is higher to those in swimming costumes, as offenders would not be able to defend their actions of taking photos of naked children as easily.

• 'Of offenders with a child sexual offence (n=2,847), 34.4% were ...family, 31.7% were non-family, but known to the victim, and 15.6% were strangers (18.2% relationship was unknown)'

Child sex offenders | Bravehearts https://share.google/8rBcO1Azo5ZPrwcG5 (happens to be Australian statistics)