Bikinis for little girls are a bit yuck

[Rosieeo]

I just don't like them. It implies that they have something that needs to be covered and they don't. Why can't they all, boys and girls, just run around in pants on the beach? Or am I being a bit OTT?

I don't think you are unreasonable.

I made foolish error of giving my daughter (who is five) free reign in the Disney store to get a new swimming costume. She came out with a vile bikini with triangular bits for her chest. This is nothing like a tankini or vest top type thing, its basic premise seems to be 'ooo look at me, I'm sexy'.

It makes me feel sad. I don't know where she has got the idea that this is what she wants. Its nothing to do with copying mummy as I have never worn a bikini and never will until science can graft my head onto another body. I agree with concern about premature sexualisation. I would rather she just wore pants or went naked.

if they sell them in the disney store surely that is the influence??

The Daisy Duck bikini is fine. I'd buy that for my DD. It's those with triangular bits that are simply wrong.

Nothing wrong with them IMO. They're far more practical than a costume when they need to go to the loo.

Oh god dont get me started again!!!!

YABCU

My DD wears the pink primark bikini and absolutely loves it.........infact she pranced about the garden in it all day today!!!

Crop-top bikini (basically a tankini) = fine

Anything bra-shaped or triangle-shaped = wait until you have something to put in it or it just ends up around your neck and looks stupid.

Not sure where i stand with this one

I was at the beach today and there were several girls in bikins didn't really think much about it (in fact i didn't think anything of it) until I saw a small girl (about 6 I'd guess) who had a one on that looked 'sexy'. Now that's wrong.

but tankini's (which my Dd's wear) are so much easier for taking off to go to the loo.

OTOH they do only wear uv suits when on the beach. The tankini's (& occasional swimsuit) are used for swimming lessons.

Personally I think there are more important things to worry about. And, being naked might feel great (ie in your own swimming pool) but honestly, I don't want to see it & I would hate anyone looking at my dd's.

Is there anyone that thinks tankinis are inappropiate as well?

People are strange aren't they? They say they are all for letting 'girls be girls' and not sexualised before their time and yet here they are queueing up to say how 'cute' their girls look in a bikini. Or that there is an ok type of bikini and another type that is not. It hypocritical and weird.

YANBU and bikinis sexualise little children in a completely unacceptable way.

just a daft argument

Its the way peoples minds work that truly sexualise a child fgs...get it into perspective...a small child in a child styled bikini is just that nothing more..no padded parts, thongs or playboy bunny motifs..that imo is sexualising..next minute someone will drop in top-less kids are sexualised...page 3 an all that...

It's not a 'daft' argument - it's an important part of the whole discussion about how females are sexualised from an early age by society and how even those who should be protecting them are actually colluding in it.

I think that thinking a child's bikini sexualises them says more about you than it does about the bikini. I see a child in a bikini and I see a child having fun.

Never really gave this much thought until accidentally bought DD (3.5) a tankini this year. Did feel a little odd about it but do agree more practical than one piece, she will carry on wearing one piece though. Have no problem with just pants but on a busy public beach I wouldn't want her naked for the whole time because of sun and would be a bit uncomfortable about it. In garden perfectly happy for them to run around naked. Definitely wouldn't put her in a bikini and not sure when I would, not being extreme about it, just how I feel now, but even 14 feels too young for bikinis to me.

Cheap and nasty, congrats soupdragon

i do agree with the 'let girls be girls' thing but a childs bikini is a world away from the playboy bunny stuff, padded bras and sexy slogans.

It's a matter of perspective.

DD(4) will be running around on the beach in any combination of Boden spotty bikini top, bikini bottoms, swimsuit, UV suit or butt naked this year and I don't actually care what anyone else thinks. (Although i will, most likely stop her running off naked as I'm not entirely happy with her being naked on a beach full of strangers)

I hated bikinis as a child. I wanted to be like my older brother, and he didn't have to wear one. I therefore took the top bit off at every given opportunity until I was actually 11 (and had something to cover up) and simply wore the swimming bottoms. So now, I don't think you're being unreasonable. I hate them too, and never wore one when I was given the option of a one-piece costume.

What are you withering on about, Blackberry?

it's a very small, self indulgent thing to worry about

i work in the field of Law (i am being deliberately vague as to specifics) and i read papers where paedophiles were 'enthusiastically' discussing little girls in the bikinis - again i am being very deliberately vague but suffice to say i felt sick to the stomach and vowed my DD would not wear a bikini until she was much older.

lol so you post your experiences on here

paedophiles are perverts who can see a child wearing anything specific as a sexual object....they could be as much titilated by a school skirt or knee socks..should I not allow my child to wear them in case some freak is getting off on it?...

I was reading about a paedophile who loved girls in pale blue pants, so maybe you should not let your DDs wear those either

How is a bikini less 'appropriate than a girls one piece?They both cover the chest ???