In connection with the vacation and vacation season, the question that has become almost rhetorical is again relevant: is it necessary to wear panties for the child on the beach or by the pool? As well as those accompanying him - isn’t it harmful to walk naked, at what age the child feels a sense of shame, what is the danger of being in wet clothes. Forums and websites about motherhood and children are full of headlines on a burning topic: “What is more dangerous - a boot in the sand or wet pants?”, “Mother makes a child a victim of pedophiles”, “Parents raise future exhibitionists”, “Do I need a diaper for swimming?”
Each parent has his own personal point of view. But I would like to sort out the painful, focusing not on the opinions of indignant mothers, but on the reasonable arguments of medicine, in particular pediatrics and child psychology.
Doctors point of view
Doctors are adamant in their decision - a child on the beach or by the pool at any age needs not just one, but 5-6 sets of underpants. Wet swimming trunks should be changed to dry immediately after leaving the water, if the child has finished swimming and intends to be in the air for a long time.
Regardless of how old the baby is, being naked is a gross violation of hygiene standards. Any public place is a source of bacteria that are especially dangerous for a fragile child’s body with an unformed immune system. The beach is by no means sterile sand, it absorbs a huge amount of dirt, cigarette ash, the remains of human activity and even animals. The genital mucosa in children is contaminated and injured instantly. Cotton panties or swimming trunks tightly attached to the body made of high-quality polyester or nylon will protect the "delicate spots" of the crumbs. This will avoid very unpleasant consequences in the form of infections of the genitourinary system, vulvitis, vulvovaginitis, balanitis.
Being in wet underpants is no better than getting around without them. It causes hypothermia with the likelihood of cystitis, activation of opportunistic flora, which will result in the appearance of bacterial infections (for example, chlamydia).
It is important to teach the child or control him independently, if he is still very small, not to sit down not only on the sand, but also on an uncovered deck chair. A lot of quite dangerous and difficult to treat "bad" diseases, for example, molluscum contagiosum, are transmitted in this way.
The maximum that the Aesculapians agree on is short air baths. They should be carried out competently: on a rug or chaise longue covered with a clean towel, to avoid sand from entering the genital area and not to burn the skin with hot sand or pebbles.
It is difficult to disagree with the opinion of doctors.Would you yourself dare to sit naked booty on the sand, which is unknown who walked? Is the pleasure of contemplating a cute naked ass will exceed the risk of contracting dangerous diseases? And the penetration of hard grains of sand into intimate areas is definitely not pleasant.
Take to the beach a few pairs of clean panties (5-6). Wet swimming trunks should be changed to dry immediately after leaving the water, if the child has finished swimming and intends to be in the air for a long time. For young children, cotton underwear is preferable; older children can be in special swimming trunks made of quick-drying fabrics.
Psychologist's opinion
For obvious reasons, psychologists do not consider hygienic standards, but the psychological aspect of the burning issue. They argue that a child up to about two years old does not notice gender separation at all. Sexual differences for him are clothes, hair length, hairstyle and the like. So, if your baby is less than two years old, at sea he will be interested in the outside world, interaction with its objects, but not sexual characteristics.
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By 3 to 4 years, children usually come with a clear awareness of themselves as a representative of a certain gender, the difference between people around them by gender and, as a result, a sense of shame from their nakedness to outsiders comes. This is quite normal for the children's psyche, therefore, at this age, it is categorically impossible to force a child to be naked contrary to his wishes. This can trigger serious impairment of psychosexual development.
On the other hand, the contemplation of undressed children for your child at any age will not do any harm. At a minimum, it will go unnoticed, at a maximum, it will arouse interest in the structure of the genitals.
Summarizing, we can say that from the psychological side of the issue, nudity will not bring any harm to a gagging child, if he himself does not mind being in this form.
Morality is on guard
The ethical issue, judging by the content of the forums on motherhood, is the most relevant in deciding whether to wear panties on the child on the beach or not. Some insist that a naked child is a bad man, and they do not want their children to see naked people. Others shout that the naked ass on the beach is familiar and even cute. On the Internet, whole battles are unfolding zealously defending their point of view of mothers.
It is curious that the ethical issue of finding a naked child on the beach has not lost its relevance for almost 100 years. The still popular Thomas Mann, a master of intellectual prose of the 19th century, in the story “Mario and the Wizard” described a case on the beach when a little girl, left naked to rinse her swimsuit from the sand, caused a wave of indignation and indignation of vacationers. Strange, but so far the vast majority focuses on moral standards, and not on the arguments of medicine.
In the modern world, ethical standards have acquired a rather vague character. What is commonplace for some, others will perceive as an insult. Talking about the rightness or wrongness of one's values is simply meaningless. Each individual person has their own and depend on upbringing, faith of confession, the country in which a person lives and many other factors.
Child safety
I would like to touch upon another unpleasant aspect of finding a child naked in the company of many strangers. Who can guarantee that among them there are no sexual maniacs, pedophiles, an ordinary pervert? Is it worth putting your own child in such danger? For most, a tiny crumb is a sweet and touching sight that causes a surge of enthusiastic emotions. But for someone, let's face it, an attractive sexual object. In an age of extraordinary development of virtual communication, mothers not only let their children go to the beach without clothes, but also post pictures of this nature on the Internet, in particular on social networks for everyone to see.Often they also use the geolocation function, which allows any site user to get acquainted with the most detailed information about the location of the baby in the photo. That is, to put it bluntly, with their own hands they make it easier for criminals to search for the next victim - their own child.
It is up to you to decide whether your child can be on the beach without panties. Not to the luminaries of medicine, not to popular psychologists, not to a priest, not to the authorities of your country. We have touched on every aspect of the urgent issue, but it is you who will make the final decision. Any choice has a right to exist. Every parent knows what is best for his child. But remember that only you are able to protect the little man entrusted to you by nature. Protect from disease, human rumor, condemnation, violence, from all manifestations of the not always friendly world.
From the forums:
- I am also against children running around naked on the beach, this is at least not cultural and not hygienic. is it so difficult for parents to wear panties on their child ?!
- Putting on panties for children is the ELEMENTARY rules of hygiene! This is especially true for girls, because the urinary tract is short and any infection can get there very quickly.
- I support this topic, it is better to carry 5 panties with you and change clothes than the little ones will crawl on the sand bare. Moreover, on our beaches there is such an unsanitary environment that it’s scary to walk on them barefoot.
- After bathing, a small child really needs to take off her panties, because he (she) can conceive everything. But personally, I changed to dry. True, I had to wear 3-4 dry at once, but better so than the baby really picks up some kind of infection. And it’s not necessary to squeeze him in his arms. He will sit on the sand, and then write bo-bo. Simply, many mothers are irresponsible in their offspring. And what kind of mothers have gone awry now: she is still 18 years old, but she is already pregnant, then she gave birth and walks with one or the other. And the child sees everything and what will grow up then ?!
- Do you think that if someone has unclean thoughts when they see a child, then the presence or absence of panties will change something?
If a boy of 6-7 years old considers a girl, then he is clearly not interested in the reproductive function, he just saw a significant difference, and that was what interested him. And I don’t understand hygiene? Does someone seriously believe that panties will save you from any infection or bacteria? Remember, they do not save from the sand, if at least once you do not sit on the bedding- I believe that a child can run naked on the beach in some cases: 1) if there is no one on this beach except parents (well, there are no other adult relatives); 2) if this is a nudist family and this is normal for them; 3) if the child less than 3 years; 4) if there are no nearby relatives of the opposite sex who have already begun to be interested in the reproductive function of a person. The last point made me especially alarmed when I saw at sea how a boy of 6-7 years old was looking with interest at his apparently younger sister, who was running naked.
I completely agree with the doctors: leaving a child naked on the beach means at times increasing the risk of certain diseases. Even mechanical scratches and wounds give little pleasure. I am silent about all kinds of infections. Dear mothers, do you need it?