What are the BBC thinking??!

Just back from shopping in a deliciously cool M&S and then a cold drink with loads of ice in a cool Costa.I was wearing a very loose cotton dress and sandals but most of the other women there seemed to have come out dressed only in their underwear, I kid you not.

Many parents are afraid to say NO to their little darlings.

Blimey were some of you never young?were you around in the 70s? hotpants?...mini skirts?

But never out and about in actual underwear.

Maybe it’s a new thing that’s passed me by.

Like shopping wearing pjs

Delila

I think you’re looking for problems, OP. Why the comparison between the lengths of the children’s shorts? I haven’t seen the photo, but it’s an innocuous-sounding image appropriate to the present hot weather.

There have been several threads on various media over the last few years about how hard it is to find shorts for girls that aren't really skimpy. Many parents resort to shopping in the boys' sector (not that they should really be separated anyway, in my opinion)

Jaxjacky

I watched earlier children walking to the local primary school in similar attire Fallingstar.
There is a balance between over sexualising young children and normal clothing, I wouldn’t have wanted my children or grandchildren frightened into ‘covering up’ in case of?
Most molested children are assaulted by a family member or close family friend.

I agree. Little girls in particular are very fond of what they see as “mini pop stars” attire.

Our last two children went through quite a long phase of not wanting to wear clothes at all, it was a bit of a nightmare if the older children brought their friends home!

But we’ve always had our children bathing with us (their request) whilst toddlers! One of us would sneak off for a quiet bath and one or other of them would appear half naked at the bath side. They all crawled into bed with us at the weekends or if they had a nightmare.

It sometimes can be quite hard to get the right balance, however, they were taught from a very young age that nobody should be touching their bodies or coming into the toilet with them, sometimes even family members. But whilst we always wanted to protect them and make them aware their bodies “belonged” to them, we didn’t want to give them any kind of complex about their bodies or “nakedness”.

Primrose53

A lot of these young kids wear these very tight lycra type shorts which are more like knickers. They are skin tight and have a wide seam up the back between your bum cheeks.

I think these outfits look absolutely ghastly whoever is wearing them, especially in very light colours 🤮🤮🤮

Oreo

Like shopping wearing pjs

In the winter I saw a young women out shopping in full nightwear, PJs, dressing gown and slippers! I laughed and it reminded me of how my Dad would sometimes pop some clothes on top of his PJs if picking me up in the car late at night. Did the same! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

eazybee

.You would be surprised at how many children are allowed, even encouraged into sexualised clothes with the full support of their parents.: oh, she looks so grown up. They pay for them. This at primary school.

Ah but who says these clothes are sexualised? If they’re at primary school they just want to look and dress like their fav pop star or even their friends.

It’s adults that decide these clothes are sexualised and adults who are (normally) the issue.

Lots of little girls like to dress like “mummy”, my daughters never had that issue as I spent most of my lives in jeans and t shirts, hair in a pony tail, no make up, no high heels, no nail varnish. Hence no real interest in these very girly looks.

butterandjam

Sago

I haves just returned from our nearest market town, the main car park had at least half a dozen white vans pulled up with men inside, it was 3.30 and lots of teenage schoolgirls with rolled up shirts and skirts were walking toward Tesco.

I watched the men watching the girls.

I’m afraid like it or not there are many perverts.

I caught one pervert in a busy shopping centre filming young girls, security were useless.

Never be complacent.

You were also watching teenage schoolgirls with rolled up shirts and shorts.

You were also watching men.

Are you a pervert? Or just a people watcher?

Watching girls or men is not proof of sexual perversion.

Steady on, butterandjam: your criticism of Sago is over the top and those remarks are very much uncalled for!

Just wondering why many female popstars wear hardly anything? If they were any good at singing they wouldn’t need to draw attention to themselves in other ways.

Padstow13

butterandjam

Sago

I haves just returned from our nearest market town, the main car park had at least half a dozen white vans pulled up with men inside, it was 3.30 and lots of teenage schoolgirls with rolled up shirts and skirts were walking toward Tesco.

I watched the men watching the girls.

I’m afraid like it or not there are many perverts.

I caught one pervert in a busy shopping centre filming young girls, security were useless.

Never be complacent.

You were also watching teenage schoolgirls with rolled up shirts and shorts.

You were also watching men.

Are you a pervert? Or just a people watcher?

Watching girls or men is not proof of sexual perversion.

Steady on, butterandjam: your criticism of Sago is over the top and those remarks are very much uncalled for!

I apologise for calling her just a people watcher, so easy to get the wrong end of the stick.

Re: the op.
I totally agree.

Thank you Padstow

I think the vitriol from butterandjam says a lot about him/her.

I don’t give a tinkers toss, I stand by what I say.

Having just had a basel cell carsonoma removed I am horrified at the number of children not wearing hats when out n the sun

Oreo

Just back from shopping in a deliciously cool M&S and then a cold drink with loads of ice in a cool Costa.I was wearing a very loose cotton dress and sandals but most of the other women there seemed to have come out dressed only in their underwear, I kid you not.

😱😱😱

Gran22boys

Just wondering why many female popstars wear hardly anything? If they were any good at singing they wouldn’t need to draw attention to themselves in other ways.

I have often wondered why the leather, the corsets, the sexy look, trying to draw in via their looks? Who knows!

Abcdefg

Having just had a basel cell carsonoma removed I am horrified at the number of children not wearing hats when out n the sun

Mad isn’t it!

When our last three were little they’d just got those sun proof outfits from Australia. They each had two, and were literally covered in sun cream and hats and not in the garden or on the beach in the middle of the day.

Oh were you never young? The girl wearing a leotard in the supermarket with her Dad had probably just finished a dance class.My granddaughter came home from dance in her leotard, she then had a cool shower….In Winter she’s muffled up in coat and scarf.

JPB123

Oh were you never young? The girl wearing a leotard in the supermarket with her Dad had probably just finished a dance class.My granddaughter came home from dance in her leotard, she then had a cool shower….In Winter she’s muffled up in coat and scarf.

I often see girls in their dance attire being picked up by parents and dropping into the supermarket on the way back to car for a drink or snack or even lolly

hallgreenmiss

Sago

The BBC don’t think but not do some parents, I was in Waitrose one Saturday morning and a man walked in with his daughter of about 12/13 in just a leotard.

And what was the daughter wearing 😲 Sorry Sago, couldn’t resist 😂

Hallgreenmiss, your question is hilarious!

There was an amusing video today of teens from the Christ's Hospital School who had been told to leave off their Tudor uniform and wear in civvies. They all felt very strange in shorts and T shirts, and without their yellow stockings, but I noticed one girl with a crop top and bare belly that seemed particularly out of place.

For the OP, YES, you certainly ARE making a fuss about nothing!

IF you want to blame the BBC, why not instead blame the PARENTS for sending kids out dressed (as YOU think) inappropriately? Why not launch a search so you can try and get them prosecuted?? Maybe THEY don't agree -- perhaps THEY have moved into the present century (give it a try perhaps??) and as several comments have said, girls for some time have been confident/liberated enough to wear what many of us would call 'skimpy' - and it's routine for them.

NB -- in just about every heatwave we've had, for 20 or 30 years, assorted TV companies send out camera crews to various 'baking' seaside vistas, with all manner of body parts on show that would be best covered up. HAVE YOU BEEN constantly complaining? If not, WHY NOT??

As another comment said, children are most at risk from neighbouring or family perverts, not voyeur strangers.