OMG do not call CPS

Casadena

Dear Prudence,

My next-door neighbors have a 6-year-old daughter, “Maisey,” whom they let run around the neighborhood with her older siblings in nothing but a pair of underwear briefs. I not only think this is inappropriate, but also a danger, as I fear it will make her a prime target for child predators. I have spoken to the parents, but they shrug off my concerns, because according to them, “she’s never liked wearing clothes.” Is it time for a call to CPS?

—Concerned

banana468

Really??  Because the kid runs around in her underwear? 

I don't think it's a call to CPS.   It's weird and if she's not wearing a shirt it's odd, but also, we have an obsession with the female chest and I guarantee if it was Mason the boy the feeling would be different.  Let it go and don' raise a flag unless you see pervy people reacting.

charlotte989875

OMG this is a wild overreaction. It’s a little odd, but she’s not being harmed. 

And by the way- if you see someone paying undue attention to her, hanging around the neighborhood, sitting outside in a car- that’s what you call authorities for- the bad behavior not the kid. 

MyNameIsNot

Just like short skirts don't cause rape, kids in their underwear do not cause child predators. 

This is not about protecting the kid anymore than the LW a while back was worried about a woman running in a sports bra. It's about being a prude and controlling what someone else wears.