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[Soldier's*Sweeties]

So what's the problem?

That's what I am trying to figure out! I can't put my finger on the reason WHY it bothers me. I mean I'm not like, tearing my hair out over it or anything. We were outside with them for a while so the kids could all play(mine were clothed), so I don't have a proble with the family... I just wanted opinions

 

[punkin]

Well, in that case, IMO, I see nothing wrong with it. As a pp said, I practically grew up half naked on a beach (sometimes with very little adult supervision).

It used to be quite acceptable, you know.

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=12208269902

 

[quasar4legs]

It wouldn't worry me unless she was getting sunburnt.

 

[Soldier's*Sweeties]

Well, in that case, IMO, I see nothing wrong with it. As a pp said, I practically grew up half naked on a beach (sometimes with very little adult supervision).

It used to be quite acceptable, you know.

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=12208269902

Oh I know it did. I did too...IDK...maybe I just wish I trusted the world enough to let my kids be that free KWIM?

 

[punkin]

Her parents were right there. It's not like she was all alone. What could possibly have happened?

 

[Soldier's*Sweeties]

Her parents were right there. It's not like she was all alone. What could possibly have happened?

Yeah...I guess it shouldn't bother me.

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

It would bother me. Because it isn't appropriate to run around in your panties. The little girl I nanny is 5, and since she has been old enough to wear panties I have been reminding her that she is not to SHOW her panties. I remind her even if we are just sitting around in the playroom at home, so allowing her to run about in nothing BUT panties would definitely be a NO for me. ESPECIALLY outside!

Last year a note came home from her school reminding the parents that the little girls are to wear privacy shorts under their dresses/skirts. I don't know if they start uniforms in K or 1st grade, but either way, better for her to know now that it's not OK to go around with your panties showing.

 

[teacup princess]

Eh, wouldn't bother me. I know when it's hot out I've let my kids strip down to their undees and play in the hose for a bit. Seems like a waste of time to go inside to change into a swimsuit for a spur of the moment spray with the garden hose.

What does bother me is when I look outside or we're at a park and I see some little boy drop drawers and pee on a tree right in plain view of everyone (although I'm sure my boys have been guilty of the same offense when I wasn't looking). Some parents seem to encourage that, but I try not to let mine do it even when they were young.

 

[disney1990]

At 4 I don't see a huge deal, if she was out there naked then I would have a problem,

No, it doesn't bother me at all. My girls, when they were little use to do the same thing.

 

[FredinFL]

After all is said and done, it still bothers me. I would sooner cut off my little toe than have my kids playing in their underwear in the front yard. Do you really need for someone to "mark" your kid as the only one in the area who plays outside in their skivvies? I don't.

If it weren't for the untold numbers of sickos in the world, I wouldn't care. It has nothing to do with the child, and the parents aren't "wrong". They SHOULD be able to let their little girl play outside in her underwear. It's just something I wouldn't allow my kids to do, for my own reasons.

 

[Nancyg56]

IDK...maybe I'm just extra grouchy lately.

Oh Sweetie, you can be grouchy , it's okay!

Now this would not bother me. If the parents were there it would be fine. The little on I watch is always stripping down to her little birthday suit, and she cannot understand why I keep telling her to put her panties back on. She is 2. Her poor Mom finds her clothing all over the house

 

[NMAmy]

She's 4. It wouldn't bother me in the least.

 

[disneyismyname]

From the time I was 2 till I had to go to school, my mother had a heck of a time keeping me in clothes! She says by the time she'd get grocery bags into the house my clothes would be off! Maybe this girl is going through a phase. I know my parents gave up trying to put clothes on me unless we were going somewhere.

 

[disneybound2010]

My parents couldn't KEEP clothes on me at that age. They'd have me dressed in the morning, I'd go outside to play and as I was riding my big wheel down the street I was tossing cloting to and fro. My Aunt or Uncle would usually bring me back to my house(they lived down the street) with my clothes in a pile. Then, we would start the cycle all over again a few minutes later. THey were positive I was going to grow up and live in a nudist colony

 

[Tigger&Belle]

It wouldn't bother *me*, however in this day and age I wouldn't let my child do that where others might see her....there are too many pervs in the world and who knows who is taking pictures and using them for porn. Sick, yes, but it is the world we live in. When we lived in TX is was all I could do to keep clothes on my daughter in the backyard....she was hot and kept stripping them off to get in the pool. Wasn't until she was about 6 that she developed real modesty and, now that she's a very modest, proper 23yo, she would be horrified that I'm sharing that about her.

 

[dodukes]

Yeah i dont see the big deal, shes only 4. Its not for everyone I guess, i would say a earopean thing but you said they are from washington, maybe its just a phase.

 

[Soldier's*Sweeties]

If it weren't for the untold numbers of sickos in the world, I wouldn't care. It has nothing to do with the child, and the parents aren't "wrong". They SHOULD be able to let their little girl play outside in her underwear. It's just something I wouldn't allow my kids to do, for my own reasons.

See...this is what I was having so much trouble putting into words yesterday.

It's not WRONG...kids SHOULD be able to be free to do these things.It just doesn't feel RIGHT anymore.

 

[kirstenb1]

Yes it would bother me. Our younger dd is 5, and I've been trying to teach her we always are fully dressed (shirt and bottoms) before we go outside. She has developmental delays, and doesn't grasp societal norms at all.

 

[NHdisneylover]

It wouldn't even cross my mind that anyone would be concerned about this.

 

[scrapquitler]

I like the girl...and I like her parents as well...I just wonder WHY that is appropriate. It wasn't for like, a few minutes either...they've been out here like ALL DAY.

I don't know why it bothers me.

Would it bother you if she were in a bathing suit? It's really not any different.

Personally, I don't see a problem.