Could it be 'child abuse' for a child to be raised by hippy parents publishing naked photos of the child?

Question

Seriously if you saw that hippy freak father on the News last night on Australian television you would think it was 'abusive' just raising a child in that environment, where being a 'hippy' is seen as the norm & society is simply there to be challenged and authority doesn't exist.

When will the views of 'hippy' parents be deemed 'parental abuse' if they expose their children to it?

Let alone have the child convinced that displaying naked photos explicitly is ok, simply because it challenges moral thinking?

Answer 1

I do not know about Australia, but in the US the naked photos would put the parents in prison. As for living like hippies, that is not a crime, nor is living like gypsies, or any other variation to the norm.

Answer 2

being a Hippy is not abuse but allowing a 6 year old to be photographed and painted nude ,especially in adult poses should be. That poor kid is 11 now and brainwashed to think it is okay. It is not "Art" it is kiddie p**n. I think it is okay to take photos of your own kids naked playing naturally, but once you start posing them and putting it out for all to see I say it is pornography of the worst kind. Kids are too young to understand the full implications.

Answer 3

The fact that they're hippys or something is fine, lol, but their form of parenting is really....bizarre

Answer 4

yea it's child abuse and wrong no child should deserve that really who woul do that.

Answer 5

i don't think it is child abuse because that is their life style. that would be like someone saying that that praying is child abuse for christians. its just their way of living. i no they arent that much alike but you can still look at it in the same way

Answer 6

These parents are trying to say that the human body is a beautiful thing and is nothing to be ashamed of. I agree with that but its also private. You shouldnt be ashamed of your body but that doesnt mean you can take photos of your naked 6yr old daughter and put it on the cover of a national magazine. The girl (now 11) said she was proud of it. Thats cause her parents have raised her to think its ok cause its "ART". She couldnt make an informed decision at that age and i bet her parents didnt explain to her that as soon as people hear about this photo a whole heap of peadofiles will go out & buy that magazine. Sick Peadofiles dont care whether its art or not, its a picture of a naked child they can add to their collection. The parents are very naive. Definately child abuse. Especially if some sick freak starts stalking her or worse because of these photos.

Answer 7

What's abuse is that the girl was dictated on what to say.

It's sickening, what they have done. Like any normal parent I have thousands of pictures of my son's, and some they are naked. The naked photo's aren't advertised, and I have respect for my children. I wouldn't be putting the pictures in a magazine to cause controversy because I can.

Disgusting excuse for Parents. Her parents need to realise that we are living in the 21st Century, not the second. There are too many sickos in the world to do that. Didn't they see the news story about the sick twisted pervert, which ironically appeared just before their story on 10's late news.

Answer 8

I think its disgusting..and the fact the child said..its not child abuse..she's a child.. she can't determine that... I said to my husband last night... oh great.... lets just take photo's of our kids and publish it in magazines.. it'll make it easier for pedophiles.. they wont have to hide... they get their child pornography from government funded magazines.. yay... How stupid are some parents???? I think i've only got 1 naked pic of my daughter.. and she was probably 6 months old... It's disgusting what some parents view as right... Their child was posing like an adult.. thats not right... is it?:o

Answer 9

aww yes i remember this topic. it was always the hippies that got the worse. we need to share more info about thois cause hippies are always discriminated. coercing a child to be naked where he dosent want to here in texas is child abuse.  from here in texas its not abuse unless the abuse is captured on photo. being naked itself is no trouble but u got to have to child either near a pool or near water activtivity thats all is said and done. to the hippy parents dont ever be naked near a child. so to answer the question in texas its not abuse unless the abuse is on film. u know what abuse im talking about. i like to hear more of this topic if yall care to share.

Answer 10

No it is not child abuse, child abuse is only when your hitting or hurting the kid over and over.  Sorry, that is their chose and the kid will get older and say NO!

Answer 11

yes it is, i dont know if you are talking about the 6year old i think its the six year old that came on tv and said there was nothing wrong with it,

now dont all 6years old try and pursue us that eating icecream for dinner is good , imean come one they are so not old enough to make their own decisions especially when they dont know what is wrong with teh situation...

as a parent of a young daughter of my own the last thing id want for her is to have her naked on the front cover of magazine for all those disgusting people to look at and do whatever too, no matter what their excuse is or there opinions there will be other uses for these photos that thye cannot deny

i hope i made sense

Answer 12

That could be taken 2 ways, were the naked photos sexually explicit and published in some porno mag? Or were they the adorable naked baby bath time pix that basically every parent has taken and published in some parenting magazine?

Answer 13

YES WT&$#^ is wrong with you, ..............u didnt do that did u?

Answer 14

ive seen the photos and all the news reports. I feel very strongly against child abuse in any way shape or form, but this is not child abuse. In the photos of the girl you could not see any of her private parts & they were not at all provocative photos. She has her bum, chest and punani completely covered! she was 6 years old, its a beautiful photo showing her innocence. She isnt in any s**y positions or anything.

Answer 15

Child abuse and child pornography.  Hippy parents are ok, these seem to be mentally deficiant parents who happen to be hippies.

Answer 16

yes

Answer 17

U my dear are catorizing , Hippy, bad parents, believe in old habits learned of their parents parents.  If indeed they are photographs for people other the parents, it is indeed a crime of child pornagraphy in my brain, excessive abuse, now that depends on morals.   So they are just with the parents not on tv as metioned, that already showed sold pictures of the children which then were indeed exposed,   I agree with u.

Answer 18

you could clearly see that child had been brainwashed by her parents, she said that the photos had a meaning and wernt just about child abuse and been naked and when asked what exactly do they mean, she was stumped for words, shes a child 11 years old she doesnt know about all the horrible things that go on in this world, she was only 6 years old when the picture was taken, the parents disgust me anyone that can be ok with perverts and sickos getting off on pictures of your 6 year old daughter naked need their head read, it is a form of child abuse because they are exploiting their children, a 6 year old child isnt going to know that when shes naked there are sickos looking at her. its not art its p**n, i know someone who got thrown in jail because he had a collection of naked children on his computer sorry but that picture and the many so called art that has recently been in the media is just saying to these crimanals that its ok.

There is a big difference to just taking a naked photo of your daughter or son and displaying it in your home, to getting it printed for all the world to see in a magazine, it makes me sick, im going to bet my years wage that when she is an older woman hes going to regret those photos and shes probably going to feel like she has been exploited by her parents, it makes me very sad

Answer 19

Hi Me Again,

I am a fourth year Social Work student. The answer to your question is NO this is not child abuse. By the legal definitions this is legally ok as they do not breach any law and the pictures are not classified as pornography (even soft core pornography). You should remove the emotion from your question as you are actually asking a question whilst also making an emotional statement, this can lead to rhetorical questions, which yield no use whatsoever. "These" parents need neither to be imprisoned, as they have broken no law in Australia nor need to be shot as we live in a multicultural society where it is expected that opinions will differ and moral arguments can be discussed openly. Australia has a legal system to prevent the need for vigilantes imposing their views on others, these same arguments (regarding the imposition of ideologies on an unwanting public) is also being reflected by WYD08 and by the apology made by Kevin Rudd regarding the Stolen Generation. Things are not wrong simply because they don’t fall into the narrow moral definition of a male led, middle class, white, capitalist, Western definition that is prevalent in the Australian society.

You have also said: "When will the views of 'hippy' parents be deemed 'parental abuse' if they expose their children to it?"

But have failed to define what 'it' is, resorted to slagging this person by over emphasising 'hippy' and insinuating that it is somehow 'bad' and declared that it is 'parental abuse' for no given reason.

Answer 20

your question is an amalgamation of vague points and there is no link. Hippy? They made a bolder attempt at life and freedom than most people.

Besides, if you wanna argue like that, do a case study on Geoffrey Daumers- raised by conservative religious parents.

Answer 21

Yes . possible child abuse

..no naked pic for kids to see or be in

never saw it ,  is it on line ?

if so  give a link

Answer 22

Sweetheart we were all born naked, just cause your pink bits are gross, leave hippies alone you old hag!

Answer 23

If the aim was political, it may not be a crime.

Answer 24

I think that there is no difference between naked photography at any age because it is all being revealing.

I think its only been adressed the way it is because the government have made a statement, if they had have not said anything, it would purely have been seen as art.

if the child who was subject to the actual photography is fine with it, i think that it should be classed as art and not child abuse.

she seemed content with the fact her mother took photography of her body, and we have a right to do what we want with it (our body).

Though child abuse is a grave problem, i dont think that this public act should be seen as something of the sort.

women everywhere take nude pictures of themselves and nobody seems to care because they have given consent to it. why should it be any different for a child?

Answer 25

That is completely sickening. Those hippy parents could most definitely be charged for child pornagraphy.

Those are not responsible parents, and the child should be put into a better home.

Answer 26

yes. it is child abuse.

Answer 27

They are photos of a child.

I will take heaps of photos of my naked baby girl in the bath, etc, just like my Mum took pictures of me AND I'll show them off proudly with the photos of her with her clothes on.

If a person feels pictures of a naked child are sexual (ESPECIALLY the pictures to which you are referring), they really must talk to someone about it.

EDIT: A mother took a photo of her child with a painting in the background. The girl is just sitting there - no suggestive poses, no make up, nothing at ALL sexual. It is a tasteful piece of work and was published in an art magazine.

Are those fountain statues of cherubs with water spurting out of their willies pornography also?

The following link contains an article about the work. Please read it.

Answer 28

I would think that could be considered child pornography depending on where they're putting the photos and how old the baby is.

Answer 29

not only is it child abuse but it is also child prnography. its disgusting and it makes me sick. prison is to good for this idiot a bullet in the head will do.

Answer 30

This is a tricky issue. THe biggest problem is not the intent of the photographer (in these cases, the photographer is not intending to create p**n) but the intent of the viewer and in my opinion anyone who allows their child to be placed in a position where there photo may be used as p**n (whether that is the original intent or not) is simply an idiot.

Whether it can be classed as child abuse or not depends on how you want to define "abuse". Legally speaking, it is not (yet) considered child abuse as there is no real precident for it. It is only in relatively recent years that things that once appeared innocent (such as adds with half naked babies) are now being seen in a different light as we have started to think about what some people might actually use such images for. Morally, while it is not having an immediate affect on the child, it is essential to think of the long term affects. Like you said, it is teaching the child that displaying explicitly naked photos is ok. I don't know whether I would call all of the photos "explicit" (for example the one of the young girl with her legs pulled up to her chest, turned partly to the side) but where do you draw the line. A child needs to learn that their body is theirs and only theirs and that they should have respect for themselves if only because there are people out there that will take advantage of other people, whether in the flesh or in seemingly "innocent" images.

My only real argument with your post is the generalisation of the term "hippy". This issue does not just involve hippies. I consider myself to be a bit of a hippy but I would never allow my child to be photographed in that way. Not only that but the issue is also quite prevalent in the media/advertising so I think it is unfair to say that the views of "hippy" parents should all be looked at in this way.