Comments on: Do they always need a fig leaf? http://babyccinokids.com/blog/2009/07/27/do-they-always-need-a-fig-leaf/ International lifestyle site for mums Thu, 24 May 2012 06:46:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Linda http://babyccinokids.com/blog/2009/07/27/do-they-always-need-a-fig-leaf/#comment-43208 Linda Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:04:26 +0000 http://babyccinoblog.com/?p=3444#comment-43208 Oh wow - I posted about this here this week: http://www.havealovelytime.com/2009/07/should-kids-go-naked-on-the-beach.html I will update the post with a link to here! While not getting 500+ comments it has also been interesting to see how readers reacted with a variety of views. Oh wow – I posted about this here this week:

http://www.havealovelytime.com/2009/07/should-kids-go-naked-on-the-beach.html

I will update the post with a link to here!

While not getting 500+ comments it has also been interesting to see how readers reacted with a variety of views.

]]> By: Emilie http://babyccinokids.com/blog/2009/07/27/do-they-always-need-a-fig-leaf/#comment-43044 Emilie Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:16:52 +0000 http://babyccinoblog.com/?p=3444#comment-43044 I agree with you Courtney, though I really don't see any harm in having kids run around naked. It makes them so happy and they look so free. I find the idea of bikini tops for little girls so ridiculous it makes me cross. It is just another thing they don't need to worry about. Let kids be kids for as long as they can, I reckon. I agree with you Courtney, though I really don’t see any harm in having kids run around naked. It makes them so happy and they look so free. I find the idea of bikini tops for little girls so ridiculous it makes me cross. It is just another thing they don’t need to worry about. Let kids be kids for as long as they can, I reckon.

]]> By: Courtney http://babyccinokids.com/blog/2009/07/27/do-they-always-need-a-fig-leaf/#comment-42994 Courtney Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:41:24 +0000 http://babyccinoblog.com/?p=3444#comment-42994 It's so funny how cultural this topic is. Because it is very different in America than it is here in Europe. Every time I take my kids 'home' to the states, they get teased about wearing 'underwear' on the beach, when in fact it's more like a Speedo-type swimsuit and not undies at all. In America, it is more common to see swim trunks on little boys rather than a tighter, smaller suit. And forget being naked, my kids would be ridiculed if I let them run around naked on a beach in America! I sort of think that it's best to follow the general 'rules' of the culture that you're in. Like I would be happy to let them run around naked on a Dutch beach if all the other kids were doing so, and I'm happy to make them wear their swimsuits on a beach in America. It’s so funny how cultural this topic is. Because it is very different in America than it is here in Europe.
Every time I take my kids ‘home’ to the states, they get teased about wearing ‘underwear’ on the beach, when in fact it’s more like a Speedo-type swimsuit and not undies at all. In America, it is more common to see swim trunks on little boys rather than a tighter, smaller suit.
And forget being naked, my kids would be ridiculed if I let them run around naked on a beach in America!

I sort of think that it’s best to follow the general ‘rules’ of the culture that you’re in. Like I would be happy to let them run around naked on a Dutch beach if all the other kids were doing so, and I’m happy to make them wear their swimsuits on a beach in America.

]]> By: Gail http://babyccinokids.com/blog/2009/07/27/do-they-always-need-a-fig-leaf/#comment-42970 Gail Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:24:35 +0000 http://babyccinoblog.com/?p=3444#comment-42970 one of the thngs that surprised me most on our first trip to the beach in italia was nakedness. or should I say toplessness for small girls and big girls alike. I am from New Zealand, we are a nation of beach going people and I had never seen small girls running around with just a bikini bottom on before. Perhaps that is due in part to our lack of ozone layer. Kids in my part of the world have rash guards and long shorts usually. Or those little swimsuits that zip up the front, and go from elbow to knee. I have no issue with it essentially, it was just a huge cultural difference. Having said that, I felt more comfortable on the beaches near Rimini than anywhere in NZ or California where I know live. That is because people of all shapes and sizes wear bikinis... and everyone is perfectly okay with that. How wonderful to be totally accepting of any body. I dont know that I would pick to see some of the large men in speedos though, but hey each to their own. I am of the opinion that at home, nakedness is fine for under fives. Although not making some big issue of it. In public... covered private bits and pieces. Not because there is anything wrong or dirty about those areas...just because there are sickos in the world... I like what Kahlil Gibran says "For what is modesty but a shield against the eyes of the unclean." great topic. one of the thngs that surprised me most on our first trip to the beach in italia was nakedness. or should I say toplessness for small girls and big girls alike.
I am from New Zealand, we are a nation of beach going people and I had never seen small girls running around with just a bikini bottom on before.
Perhaps that is due in part to our lack of ozone layer. Kids in my part of the world have rash guards and long shorts usually. Or those little swimsuits that zip up the front, and go from elbow to knee.
I have no issue with it essentially, it was just a huge cultural difference. Having said that, I felt more comfortable on the beaches near Rimini than anywhere in NZ or California where I know live. That is because people of all shapes and sizes wear bikinis… and everyone is perfectly okay with that. How wonderful to be totally accepting of any body. I dont know that I would pick to see some of the large men in speedos though, but hey each to their own.

I am of the opinion that at home, nakedness is fine for under fives. Although not making some big issue of it. In public… covered private bits and pieces. Not because there is anything wrong or dirty about those areas…just because there are sickos in the world… I like what Kahlil Gibran says “For what is modesty but a shield against the eyes of the unclean.”

great topic.

]]> By: Esther http://babyccinokids.com/blog/2009/07/27/do-they-always-need-a-fig-leaf/#comment-42939 Esther Tue, 28 Jul 2009 08:21:32 +0000 http://babyccinoblog.com/?p=3444#comment-42939 As you pointed out, here in the Netherlands we really don't care about kids (until a certain age, obviously) running around naked. In general I share your opninions, and I really agree about the little girls in bikini tops! I think we shouldn't fuss about it too much. But I know it's country specific; here in the Netherlands we have a pretty relaxed attitude towards most things ;-) As you pointed out, here in the Netherlands we really don’t care about kids (until a certain age, obviously) running around naked. In general I share your opninions, and I really agree about the little girls in bikini tops!
I think we shouldn’t fuss about it too much. But I know it’s country specific; here in the Netherlands we have a pretty relaxed attitude towards most things ;-)

]]> By: Steph http://babyccinokids.com/blog/2009/07/27/do-they-always-need-a-fig-leaf/#comment-42866 Steph Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:21:45 +0000 http://babyccinoblog.com/?p=3444#comment-42866 My husband and I read the NYTimes article and we both believe that it is inappropriate for our 3 yr. old to run around outside naked. If he wants to be naked in the house that is fine by us but not if we have company. We believe that at this point he needs to conform to certain social expectations. With that said, neither my husband or I go out of our way to cover up in front of him. He seems to care less and we have never made a big issue about it either. He is only now starting to notice a difference between him and me and that is mostly potty training related. When I go potty he will tell me to hold my penis down. Of course, I have to explain that I don't have one, which is something that he is still confused about. I am in total agreement that naked children are cute and adults much less so. Toddlers and babies have the sweetest behinds in my book. My husband and I read the NYTimes article and we both believe that it is inappropriate for our 3 yr. old to run around outside naked. If he wants to be naked in the house that is fine by us but not if we have company. We believe that at this point he needs to conform to certain social expectations. With that said, neither my husband or I go out of our way to cover up in front of him. He seems to care less and we have never made a big issue about it either. He is only now starting to notice a difference between him and me and that is mostly potty training related. When I go potty he will tell me to hold my penis down. Of course, I have to explain that I don’t have one, which is something that he is still confused about.

I am in total agreement that naked children are cute and adults much less so. Toddlers and babies have the sweetest behinds in my book.

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