Mum slammed for letting her daughter, 7, wear bikini bottoms without a top on at holiday kids’ club – with critics saying it’s ‘totally wrong’
A MUM has sparked fierce debate online after she admitted to letting her seven-year-old daughter wear bikini bottoms without a top at a holiday kids’ club.
Sharing her dilemma on parenting forum Mumsnet, the anonymous British mum revealed she’d dressed her “very skinny” daughter in only bikini bottoms for her day at the pool.
However, the parent was mortified after a member of staff asked her to dress her daughter in a top for the next session.
She wrote: “She was wearing the bottom part of the bikini [and I’ve] been told she has to wear the top part for tomorrow.
“I think it’s just weird and I’m feeling a bit upset about it.”
Although the mum concluded the post by asking if her reaction was unreasonable, other users claimed it was “totally wrong” for a seven-year-old to not be wearing a bikini top.
One replied: “I think its weird that your seven-year-old has a bikini at all. Why not get her a proper swimming costume?”
Another added: “Your daughter is seven – why on earth does she have a bikini?”
“Did they say why they want her to wear the top?” a third asked. “Although I am not a fan of bikinis for young girls anyway – swimsuits are much more appropriate.”
Meanwhile, another replied: “Why didn’t you give her both parts to begin with? I think a lot of 7 year olds would be starting to get to the point of wanting to cover themselves up.”
However, not everyone was so critical – with one arguing that bikini tops were more suggestive.
“I would rather see a seven year old with just pants on than a bikini suggesting they had t*ts to cover up in the first place,” they wrote. “I find it truly shocking that she was asked.”
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