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Why I Want My Girls in More Conservative Swimwear

3/5/2019

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Why I Want My Girls in More Conservative Swimwear
In a nutshell, I want to better protect my girls from the sun, and the creeps. Watch my short video, then keep reading and be sure to comment with your thoughts on girls' swimwear, the YouTube "adpocalypse" / "commentpocalypse", or your take on clothing gender norms!
Why are 95% of girls' swimwear options teeny one-pieces and bikinis? Sure, many styles are adorable. Seeing a toddler wearing a little retro-style bikini, I mean, come on, SO CUTE! But... they are not being protected, from the sun or the creeps out there. It's not 1980. In this day of social media, we're sharing photos and videos like crazy. We're sharing our own, and perhaps strangers are snapping away and sharing them without you even knowing it!

Have you heard about the latest YouTube drama? Not Momo, that's a different type of terrifying. No, I'm talking about the pedophile wormhole ring that was discovered. Apparently they're commenting with time stamps of their favorite moments and sharing videos of girls doing gymnastics, toddlers at the water park, you name it. Innocent videos. Of kids. It's sickening.

​So, YouTube, to protect children, or advertisers, or both, all of a sudden slammed on channels featuring kids. Demonetizing videos that show a bit too much skin, or touch on certain topics. And turning off comments on millions of channels, mine included. It's annoying, but they did it for a good reason. And it's eye opening. One of our vacation videos had about 30 seconds of me holding our baby twins in swim diapers. Demonetized. I hadn't had any odd time stamp comments, but does this mean it'd been targeted by the creepers? Or is it something Advertisers might not want to be associated with? Who knows... But it got me thinking.
Hoping to protect my girls from both the sun and creeps (online and in real life), I went looking for a cute tankini - board short type set. Couldn't find ANYTHING out there. Ended up getting the cute rash guard and shorts set shown in our title banner (affiliate link - only $15, great deal!!), and below are some other pretty good options that friends shared with me, but frankly, I'm still hunting for a great "girly" belly-covering tankini & board short option!! If you know of one, please comment below!! And if you're a clothing manufacturer, get on it, this is a niche that needs to be filled!!!
Here are some brands I've found with more conservative / skin covering options for girls:
  • SWIMZIP (affiliate link) - has great zip up short and long sleeve rash guards for baby through adult, as well as zip-up body suits for babies and toddlers.
  • UV SKINZ (affiliate link) - cute UPF options for babies through adults, and some really great skirt swim bottoms for girls!
  • Lands End (affiliate link) - some cute swim short options, though these seem to be in bigger girl sizes rather than toddler, which is a general issue I'm seeing when looking for "board shorts / swim shorts"
  • Nozone (affiliate link) - UPF options for baby through adult, made in Canada
7 Comments
Amber link
3/6/2019 09:06:16 am

My kids pick their own clothes. My daughter always mimics me and has a mix of one pieces and bikinis. Roxy has some cute swimwear and beach shorts for kids! You can get kimonos in toddler/kid sizes too for covering up.

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Martha
3/6/2019 10:18:57 am

I guess I don’t worry about these things because I don’t put my kids all over social media. A pedophile will still watch videos of kids doing innocent things fully clothed. You’re kids will be safest if you don't post tons of photos and videos of them on public websites. I’m not saying not to take videos of your kids but maybe just send them to family and friends so you can share their lives with the people in your lives who don’t live close by.

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Jennifer M link
3/6/2019 03:37:53 pm

Wow, I have not seen any time stamp comments, but I can’t believe that is happening! It’s sad that we have to protect our kids from people like this, but it is necessary! Keeping them protected from the sun is important too. I love swimwear that already has UV protection built in!

-Jennifer
https://maunelegacy.com

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Ruthie Ridley
3/6/2019 05:36:39 pm

I am 100% with you! I love this!!! I have 2 girls.

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Nicole Hood
3/6/2019 11:15:27 pm

This is def. a scary thing. As the Mom of two girls I worry about things a lot!

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Kelsey
3/7/2019 10:28:42 am

these are very cute conservative swim suits.

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Rash Guards Online link
11/19/2019 12:23:15 pm

YouTube, to protect children, or advertisers, or both, all of a sudden slammed on channels featuring kids. Demonetizing videos that show a bit too much skin, or touch on certain topics. And turning off comments on millions of channels, mine included. It's annoying, but they did it for a good reason. And it's eye opening. One of our vacation videos had about 30 seconds of me holding our baby twins in swim diapers. Demonetized. I hadn't had any odd time stamp comments, but does this mean it'd been targeted by the creepers? Or is it something Advertisers might not want to be associated with? Who knows... But it got me thinking

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