Naked kids on the beach - would you let them?

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I mean would you let your say 6 year old play naked on the beach?

Today thanks to the sun at last we went to the beach, it was fairly busy. A family next to us let their approx. 6 year old boy play around the waters edge naked for a while before the cold got to him and he put on pants as in underpants. The other kids ages about 3 - 9 years old were playing in their underpants (all boys).

Now I'm not prudish but I don't think its acceptable to let a child play on a beach naked, nor would I want an older child playing in his pants. My ds1 would never play and run around in front of strangers in only his pants and he's 7, the other kids I mean were older than him.

I don't care what anyone does at home or in their garden, but I'd want them dressed more appropriately at a beach.

What do you think?

double sigh

Oh come on don't fight about whether your kids can go naked or not... I mean FGS how ridiculous!

I didn't find it particularly rude but that's just me! Just don't get all heated and silly now girls!

I'm not fighting - just standing my ground. Am I not allowed to do that?

ARGH!

let me explain - the analogy that not wanting your child nude somehow has equivalency to being a muslim in purdah. That's rude. But if it wasn't the intention to be rude - then okay, lets drop it.

Look we all have our own opinions and that's life. Why can't we all agree to disagree. There are always those on here that like to push there views on everyone else.
We all parent to the best of our abilites and do what we feel is right. I for one will not let my kids run around naked and I am entitled to do that. It will not leave my children scarred or screwed up. I think around the age of 5/6 most children prefer to keep covered up anyway. I really don't think children of that age should be running around without clothes on. Even if they just wear bikini bottoms.

She was saying she didn't give a sh*t whether your child or anyone elses was naked or not but that she and her family enjoyed the feeling of nakedness... I sort of agree I mean if Theo decides he wants to go naked because he likes it then I'll just have to swallow my pride and put suncream on his willy!! Lol!t

I suppose the difference is that I don't feel the need to put ds into a swimming cozzie if he doesn't want to wear one - whether in the back garden or on a beach.

To me, it is part of a bigger issue about all the other freedoms we are denying our children becasue of our perception of danger. Things like allowing children to explore open spaces on thier own, to go to the shops in their own, to go off to parks/countryside with their friends, to walk ot school on their own, rather than be ferried around and supervised all the time.

Although it is not a well put together book, I do agree with the majority of sentiments in "Paranoid Parenting". (I just think I - and others here on Mumsnet - could have argued the points better).

Okay beetroot - forgotten about.

For the record - I don't mind other people's kids being naked in public - just prefer to have mine clothed in public. See it as a personal choice issue - so we can probably agree on that!

Beetroot - I did say most children prefer, not all!!!!!!

Yay we mainly all agree it's just a personal preferrence like pretty much everything else!

Yes of course! am I (for possibly just a smidgeon over reacting an awful lot perhaps maybe) ?

That's the first time I've told people not to fight and they actually have not faught lol

I know me coming along and saying SHUURRRUUUP makes no difference...was just saying... happy coincidence lol

Blooimg 'eck - go off and have a quick snooze while dinner's finishing off and come back and find it's all be happening when I was away!!! and I wasn't part of it

KICKS AND STAMPS FEET IN A TRANTRUM*

Like it's been said it's parental choice whether they let their kids run starkers on the beach (or anywhere else for that matter)

We'll all be here complaing in 10-15 yrs time complaining that our DS/DD has been caught streaking somewhere LOL

a one year old running round naked is very different to a 7 year old.
but this topic has gone on for soooo long. its getting boring now