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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was a dance kid and this seems like the natural progression of dance moms. Little kids in scantily clothed wardrobes is nothing new and of course it would eventually go online. Let me ask the moms who are “paralyzed sick” over it: do you buy your underage daughter two-piece swimsuits? Let her wear crop tops and booty shorts? Do you let her shimmy during dance practice because “it’s just a normal dance move”? If you do please shut your mouth, you’re doing the same thing. [b]The women in this article were just thinking ahead enough to monetize the pedophiles[/b] fawning over their daughters. [/quote]

Not a dance mom, have no idea what "shimmy" is, but thinking ahead and monetizing pedophiles' interests is much worse than having your DD wear a two-piece swimsuit (what?). There is nothing natural or inevitable about making those additional steps; it's like saying pinching someone is the same as murdering him, just a few steps ahead.[/quote]

I was a dance kid too and don’t mind two-piece swimsuits, but the PP is primarily right. It’s not “pinching someone vs. murdering him”, it’s “severely beating someone up vs. murdering him.” The outraged “cool moms” are just a step behind.[/quote]

So wearing a two-piece to a pool is almost the same (severely beating vs. murdering) as photographing your child in suggestive poses to attract male attention, then send additional photos for money? I mean, are you insane?[/quote]

What is the purpose of a 3 year old in a bra? So you believe a child wearing next to nothing in public is fine, as long as it’s not on social media? [/quote]

Not in public - at the pool. You know, where it's appropriate.

And yes, that is very different from being photographed for social media, and different still from making suggestive poses there, and different still from offering subscriptions to additional photos of said child. One wonders why you feel the need to equate all these.[/quote]

No, it’s not appropriate. Children have been increasingly sexualized for years, it wasn’t long ago that manufacturers didn’t even make two pieces in toddler sizes. Now the same people criticizing social media images are defending behavior that 10 years ago wasn’t defensible. *You’re* the problem feeding these monsters, it’s astonishing you don’t realize that. [/quote]

What are you talking about? They always had 2 piece swimsuits for little girls. There’s pictures of me and my cousins in 2 piece swimsuits in the 80s.

The parents in this article were clearly mostly awful and doing it on purpose.  but regular people should be able to make REGULAR posts of their girls at dance, swim, cheer, and certain sports without the pervert army descending just because they’re wearing tight clothing that’s typical for the activity at hand. Regular parents just want to brag a little bit about their kids activities, no matter if the kids are doing robotics club or dance team. And gross men need to keep it in their pants for once in their miserable little lives. [/quote]

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