Gap is making stringed bikinis for toddlers.

[Elife3]

Article:
http://consumerist.com/consumer/sup...bikinis-now-available-for-toddlers-273272.php

We really are living in the days of Noah, and it's getting this bad. Seriously. Here's more on how immodest clothing has become:
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/arizonaliving/articles/0628kidsclothes0714.html

Now, finding clothing that's actually modest is becoming rare and I'm not surprised if some women are taking up clothes making and making the clothing for their daughters themselves.

 

[QuakerOats]

Well, just don't buy it. lol I guess some parents may think it's cute, which it kind of is, but to me, it's not a practical style for a young toddler, and it could very well be seen as trying to 'sexualize' our young ones (an intention that I don't agree with), which it may be, but my overall opinion is one of indifference.

 

[igotbegot]

I think it's in bad taste, but really not that terrible. Toddlers in skimpy bathing attire is already common, these new bikinis (judging from the photos) aren't that different.

 

[Ave Maria]

Wow. That is in really bad taste.

 

[Steezie]

I think it's in bad taste, but really not that terrible. Toddlers in skimpy bathing attire is already common, these new bikinis (judging from the photos) aren't that different.

I was gonna say, most people I know dont even bother with bathing suits for toddlers. Their kids usually tear them off the first chance they got.

 

[Lynden1000]

string bikinis shouldn't be worn until you have something to put *in* the string bikini.

 

[moonkitty]

I was gonna say, most people I know dont even bother with bathing suits for toddlers. Their kids usually tear them off the first chance they got.

30+ years ago when I was a toddler my parents never even bothered with dressing us kids in a suit, they usually let us run naked in the kiddie pool or at the beach.

My mom thought it was a waste of money when I bought my kids swimsuits when they were little. She said the same thing, "Why bother when they are just going to take it off." She was right, but if I didn't put them in something my uppity neighbors would of had a cow.

 

[moonkitty]

Now, finding clothing that's actually modest is becoming rare and I'm not surprised if some women are taking up clothes making and making the clothing for their daughters themselves.

I have no problem finding nice, modest clothing for my 9 year old. In fact I am in her classroom twice a week, plus working in a 5th grade classroom once a week and I rarely see anything that would be considered inappropriate.

I think such articles are much ado about nothing. Some “journalist” sees a kid wearing shorts and a tank top on a hot day and decides to have a field day with it.

 

[horuhe00]

I guess this is the wrong thread to say that here it's not that uncommon for babies to go naked.

 

[Elife3]

I have no problem finding nice, modest clothing for my 9 year old. In fact I am in her classroom twice a week, plus working in a 5th grade classroom once a week and I rarely see anything that would be considered inappropriate.

I think such articles are much ado about nothing. Some “journalist” sees a kid wearing shorts and a tank top on a hot day and decides to have a field day with it.

In that case, maybe it was hard only in the local area of when that report came in.

 

[horuhe00]

Is this any better?

 

[horuhe00]

string bikinis shouldn't be worn until you have something to put *in* the string bikini.

I'd say bikinis in general.

 

[.Sabre.]

How much more impractical are childrens' clothes going to get?!

Straps pop, "gems" and glitter come off, thin fabrics get ripped to shreds........the current fashion trend of dressing girls as starlets is horrendously expensive. More importantly, there's a concern for health and safety with this--kids get less bumps and bruises when wearing jeans, T-shirts and sneakers than when wearing barely-there outfits and heels. On the topic of health and safety, high heels are dangerous enough for adult women--on an uncoordinated little girl (most kids are clumsy), they're pretty much a recipe for disaster. So it's just not practical to have fashionable kids.

 

[flicka]

How much more impractical are childrens' clothes going to get?!

Straps pop, "gems" and glitter come off, thin fabrics get ripped to shreds........the current fashion trend of dressing girls as starlets is horrendously expensive. More importantly, there's a concern for health and safety with this--kids get less bumps and bruises when wearing jeans, T-shirts and sneakers than when wearing barely-there outfits and heels. On the topic of health and safety, high heels are dangerous enough for adult women--on an uncoordinated little girl (most kids are clumsy), they're pretty much a recipe for disaster. So it's just not practical to have fashionable kids.

Well that's the kind of thing new parents learn fast. Stuff like bikinis for toddlers are just a novelty, something for the parents not the kids, and not something that will be a staple in kids wardrobes.

 

[ulu]

"Finally, teenage mothers and their daughters can dress alike."

 

[SolomonVII]

string bikinis shouldn't be worn until you have something to put *in* the string bikini.

I hope that what is being put *in* those strings for toddlers is a diaper.

Seriiously, if I see a baby wearing one of those things without a diaper, there is just no way I am jumping into that pool.

 

[fuzzymel]

"Finally, teenage mothers and their daughters can dress alike."

lol

 

[Harpuia]

I remember heading to a beach at one time. It's not uncommon for anyone under 3 to run around naked.

 

[Ginny]

it might not be a big deal if there weren't pedophiles lustfully hanging out at swimming pools or other public swimming areas.

Remember that.

 

[SolomonVII]

Yea, that is part of what is disturbing most people. String bikinis have a tendancy to sexualize the body, and are therefore even more provocative than no clothes at all.

The sexualization of children through fashion and media is already well advanced. Even outside of the obvious dangers of the wrong person taking note, who knows just how this trend will influence this next generation of children?