two piece ok for girls?

[Anonymous]

tankini ok in 3rd grade, easier for going to bathroom. No bikini until age13.

[Anonymous]

I bought my 6 year old a one piece and a bikini. Whatevs!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My husband took my girls to the pool today while I finished up my work day. DD8 wore her one piece swimsuit and DH texted me in a panic because she was in the bathroom for 10+ minutes when she should have just peed and come out. She was in the bathroom for that long because she couldn't put her wet swimsuit back up.

THAT is why people buy two pieces for their kids, ladies, not because they want them to be sexy.

You need to teach her to pull the crotch to the side so she doesn’t have to peel the whole thing off. Easy peasy.

Ew, I’d rather just get a two piece.

Same, that sounds like a good way to get pee all over your wet bathing suit. Gross.

It's fascinating to me how easily people will accept putting girls and women in complicated, inconvenient, or uncomfortable clothing based on discomfort with female bodies. I honestly don't think this conversation is that different than people who freaked out about the sight of a woman's ankle 150 years ago. It's like the comfort and convenience of womens/girls clothes is irrelevant to a lot of people -- the most important thing is how the sight of a female person in said clothes makes OTHER people feel. It's so weird.

Imagine if we all collectively decided that boys needed to wear one piece bathing suits because there was something scandalous about male torsos, even on little pre-pubescent boys. Can you imagine? "Just tell little Larlo he can hike up one leg and pull it over to the side to pee. Easy peasy!" It would never happen.

This. Hell, pants were designed with a fly so that men could pee without needing to take them off.

Bizarre that this is even an issue. Boys have exposed torsos. No reason girls can’t. And I say this as someone with a DD who chooses to wear a tankini because she doesn’t like having her stomach exposed.

But when you purchase a bikini or tankini or even a one piece for your daughter you are teaching her that her torso must be covered. That there is something private about her chest and thus sexualizing it by insisting it be covered.

[Anonymous]

What about prints and colors? What does DCUM say about a bathing suit with leopard print or in solid black, not typical young kid prints?
Although maybe animal prints are becoming more for kids now- DD has a cute cheetah print t-shirt and cheetah print shoes.

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Anonymous wrote:My husband took my girls to the pool today while I finished up my work day. DD8 wore her one piece swimsuit and DH texted me in a panic because she was in the bathroom for 10+ minutes when she should have just peed and come out. She was in the bathroom for that long because she couldn't put her wet swimsuit back up.

THAT is why people buy two pieces for their kids, ladies, not because they want them to be sexy.

You need to teach her to pull the crotch to the side so she doesn’t have to peel the whole thing off. Easy peasy.

Ew, I’d rather just get a two piece.

Same, that sounds like a good way to get pee all over your wet bathing suit. Gross.

It's fascinating to me how easily people will accept putting girls and women in complicated, inconvenient, or uncomfortable clothing based on discomfort with female bodies. I honestly don't think this conversation is that different than people who freaked out about the sight of a woman's ankle 150 years ago. It's like the comfort and convenience of womens/girls clothes is irrelevant to a lot of people -- the most important thing is how the sight of a female person in said clothes makes OTHER people feel. It's so weird.

Imagine if we all collectively decided that boys needed to wear one piece bathing suits because there was something scandalous about male torsos, even on little pre-pubescent boys. Can you imagine? "Just tell little Larlo he can hike up one leg and pull it over to the side to pee. Easy peasy!" It would never happen.

This. Hell, pants were designed with a fly so that men could pee without needing to take them off.

Bizarre that this is even an issue. Boys have exposed torsos. No reason girls can’t. And I say this as someone with a DD who chooses to wear a tankini because she doesn’t like having her stomach exposed.

But when you purchase a bikini or tankini or even a one piece for your daughter you are teaching her that her torso must be covered. That there is something private about her chest and thus sexualizing it by insisting it be covered.

No. I am teaching her that it is her choice. If she wants a two piece, fine. A one piece, also fine. It’s her body. Girls aren’t required to cover up more than boys, but they also aren’t required to show skin they are uncomfortable with.

[Anonymous]

This really depends on the kid. For one of my DD this works well. My other DD is always pushing the limits, trying to dress about 3-5 years ahead of her age. She’s very attuned to style and picks fashion up quickly so what she wears matters to her style-wise. I’d never thought I’d be the type of parent to restrict clothing and I never was with my first DD. But things are dramatically different with how DD2 sees the world.