I was the young girl who tried to show all that I could because I knew that it got attention. I wish I would have been taught differently.

Just my .02

People like that ……..young and old provide entertainment and I get to point and laugh. I also am able to use those people as a teaching tool.

Would that count as school?

For the average person a 10yo would not provoke a s*xual response, but in today’s society…sometimes it’s just what those select few are looking to see and their perversion has been indulged at the expense of our children whose image will be carried in the thoughts and mind of that person possibly forever. An adult has chosen to behave in such a manner and will reap what they sow…the child had no choice whether it be because they weren’t taught how to dress modestly, or the parents just didn’t care.

The woman has to make her own choices.

Of course I would rather see neither.

Although I did quickly pick “adult” because I was imagining walking right behind her with my husband. :D

But for the sake of argument, was it her underwear showing or was it a bathing suit bottom? If it was at a vacation spot or the beach/pool I would not give it a second thought. At the office or at church, of course it is wrong…. It is a matter of location, location, location….

A grown woman knows better and a 10 year old girl SHOULD have parents that wouldn’t allow such dress.

This day in age, all of the above is acceptable and thats the disturbing part. You are probably one of only a few people that would think anything of this situation no matter what the age.

A 10 year old may think she looks good but is fully unaware of where that attention could lead – even if she thinks she knows. Also, a child dressed like that does not have a responsible adult in their life to explain, advise, forbid or educate them on the results of dressing that way.

Are you going to tell us the age of the person you saw??? I’m so curious.

My thought was if it was a 10yo girl, maybe she had been swimming and was going home. Most likely it was hot, and thinking nothing of her surroundings (as children often are like that) she lifted her shirt to cool off. It is possible that her bottoms had crept up on her, therefore exposing more of her skin. Children don’t think of that either.

I voted the adult female, as she should know better than to do such a thing. However, it is also possible that she was fully aware of her actions, and she was looking for action. Sadly, this is the state of our world today.

My question is what was your reaction to the situation, and what transpired between you and whomever you had in the car?

I read a quote somewhere (don’t remember where) about how americans strive to be perpetual teenagers. That is so true even reaching into making small children appear to be teenagers.

It is so very, very sad. I really wonder why.

Could it be that the teen years are have been viewed as a time that “self-centered-ness” is acceptable and expected?

It does disturb me either way. I feel like a 10yo should be protected by her mother and thus not in this position, but most aren’t. And it breaks my heart!

The neighbor across the street is almost always dressed this way. On rare occasions I can see her shorts underneath but it’s not often so I have to wonder if she always has them on. Fortunatly she’s usually not outside around the hours my dh is home and my boys are 2yo and 8mo and we don’t plan to be in this neighborhood for more than 1-2 years. We want to live in the country! There are bikinni-clad little girls all over and this is Kansas! Okay, it doesn’t help that we’re a few blocks from the town pool so we can get an eye-full if we want. :( Once we were taking an evening walk and there was a *man* in the parking lot nikked! This isn’t even a “big” city it’s just hard for me to get used to.

My 2yo is still pretty smart and observant and I want to move before he gets much older and is exposed to more. Right now he knows what “normal” is! I unsnapped part of my blouse to put on deoderant the other day while I was on the phone (not thinking!) and he was following me around going “uh-oh! uh-oh!”