In connection with the season of vacations and vacations, the question, which has become almost rhetorical, is again relevant, is it necessary for a child to wear panties on the beach or by the pool? And also those accompanying him - is it not harmful to go naked, from what age the child experiences a feeling of shame, what is the danger of being in wet underwear. Forums and sites about motherhood and children are full of headlines on burning topics: "What is more dangerous - a butt in the sand or wet panties?"
Each parent has their own personal point of view. But I would like to understand the sore point, focusing not on the opinions of indignant mothers, but on the reasonable arguments of medicine, in particular pediatrics and child psychology.
The doctors' point of view
Doctors are adamant in their decision - a child on the beach or by the pool at any age needs not even one, but 5-6 sets of panties. Wet swimming trunks should be changed to dry ones immediately after getting out of the water if the child has finished bathing and intends to stay outdoors 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, which are especially dangerous for an immature child's body with an unformed immune system. There is by no means sterile sand on the beach, it absorbs a huge amount of dirt, cigarette ash, the remains of human activity and even animals. The mucous membrane of the genital organs in children becomes polluted and injured instantly. Cotton panties or swimming trunks made of high-quality polyester or nylon, tight to the body, will protect the "tender spots" of the crumb. This will allow you to avoid very unpleasant consequences in the form of infections of the genitourinary system, vulvitis, vulvovaginitis, balanitis.
Being in wet panties is no better than being without them. It causes hypothermia of the body with the likelihood of cystitis, activation of conditionally pathogenic 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 not only on the sand, but also on an uncovered deck chair. A lot of rather 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 getting into 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 risk sitting down with your bare bottom on the sand, on which no one knows who walked? Will the pleasure of contemplating a cute naked ass outweigh the risk of contracting dangerous diseases? And the penetration of hard grains of sand into intimate areas is definitely not pleasant.
Take a few pairs of clean panties to the beach (5-6). Wet swimming trunks should be changed to dry ones immediately after leaving the water, if the child has finished bathing and intends to be outdoors for a long time. For small children, cotton underwear is preferable; older children can wear special swimming trunks made of quick-drying fabrics.
Psychologist's opinion
Psychologists, for obvious reasons, do not consider hygiene standards, but the psychological aspect of a burning issue. They argue that a child up to about two years old does not notice gender division 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 world around him, interaction with its objects, but not in sexual characteristics.
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By the age of 3 - 4, children usually come to a clear awareness of themselves as a representative of a certain gender, there comes a difference in people around them by gender and, as a result, a feeling of shame from their nakedness in front of strangers. This is a completely normal phenomenon for the child's psyche, therefore, at this age, it is absolutely impossible to force a child to be naked, contrary to his wishes. This can provoke serious disorders of psychosexual development.
On the other hand, contemplation of undressed children will not cause any harm to your child at any age. At the very least, it will remain unnoticed, as a maximum, it will cause interest in the structure of the genitals.
Summing up, we can say that from the psychological side of the issue, his nakedness will not bring any harm to a naked child, if he himself does not mind being in this form.
Morality is the guardian of order
The ethical issue, judging by the content of the forums on motherhood, is the most relevant in deciding whether to wear panties on the beach or not. Some insist that a naked child is bad manners, and they do not want their children to see naked people. Others shout that a naked ass on the beach is familiar and even cute. On the vastness of the Internet, the whole battles of mothers zealously defending their point of view are unfolding.
Curiously, the ethical issue of finding a naked child on the beach has not lost its relevance for almost 100 years. Another popular Thomas Mann, a master of intellectual prose of the 19th century, in his story "Mario and the Wizard" described a case on the beach when a little girl, left naked to rinse a swimsuit from the sand, caused a wave of indignation and indignation among vacationers. Strange, but until now the overwhelming majority is guided precisely by moral norms, and not by the arguments of medicine.
In the modern world, ethical standards have become rather vague. What is familiar to some will be perceived by others as an insult. Talking about the correctness or incorrectness of someone's values is simply meaningless. Each individual has his own and depends on upbringing, religion, confession, 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 sex maniacs, pedophiles, or an ordinary pervert? Should you expose your own child to such a danger? For most, a naked baby is a sweet and touching sight that causes a surge of enthusiastic emotions. But for someone, let's face it, an attractive sex object. In an age of extraordinary development of virtual communication, mothers not only release their children 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 find their next victim - their own child.
It's 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 upon every aspect of the current issue, but it will be you who will make the final decision. Any choice has a right to exist. Every parent knows what is best for their child. But remember that only you are able to protect the little man entrusted to you by nature. Protect from disease, word of mouth, condemnation, violence, from all manifestations of the not always friendly world.
From the forums:
- I am also against children running naked on the beach, at least it is not cultural and not hygienic. Is it so difficult for parents to put on panties on their child ?!
- Putting panties on children is ELEMENTARY hygiene rules! This is especially true for girls, because the urinary tract is short and any infection can get there very quickly.
- I support this theme, it is better to carry 5 panties with you and change clothes than babies will crawl with their bare ass on the sand. Moreover, our beaches are so unsanitary that it is scary to walk on them barefoot.
- After bathing, a small child really needs to take off her panties, because he (she) can freeze everything for himself. But personally, I changed to dry ones. True, I had to wear 3-4 dry ones at once, but it's better this way than the baby really picks up some kind of infection. And it is not necessary to squeeze him in your hands for this. He will sit on the sand and then piss bo-bo. It's just that many mothers are irresponsible towards their child. And what kind of mothers are now horrified: she is not yet 18 years old, and she is already pregnant, then she gave birth and walks with one or the other. And the child sees everything and then what will grow up ?!
- Do you think that if someone has impure thoughts at the sight of a child, then the presence or absence of panties will change something?
If a 6-7 year old boy is considering a girl, then he is clearly not interested in the reproductive function, he just saw a significant difference, and this is what interested him. And I also don't understand hygiene? Does anyone seriously think that panties will save you from any infection or bacteria? Remember, they don't save you from sand, if you don't sit on a mat at least once.- 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, other adult relatives); 2) if this is a nudist family and it is normal for them; 3) if the child less than 3 years old; 4) if there are no small relatives of the opposite sex nearby who have already begun to be interested in a person's reproductive function. The last point alarmed me especially when I saw at sea how a boy of 6-7 years old was looking with interest at his, apparently, his younger sister, who was running naked.
