Do you insist your teen daughter changes if she’s dressed too explicitly or is it *none of your business* honestly curious

@UBotMate should you be allowed to make them wear a burqa?

@Jennster In an ideal world you would let them choose, but if your religious beliefs demand it then yes, you have a right to require it of them while they live under your roof. Where your rights as a parent end is at any form of physical or mental abuse.

@UBotMate

What???

Forcing kids to wear burqa is abusive and not related to religions. Just today me and my partner were talking about it.

@Miram I'm conscious of not imposing my own beliefs on those who practice religion, which I don't. I don't believe in abuse of any kind, but I acknowledge that parents enforce many rules upon us when we live under their roof and their income and that goes across cultures and religions. If it can be proven that something does real harm to the child then I'm against it, no question.

@UBotMate

Of course burqas do harm to children, no adequate sunlight which means impairing growth, teeth and hair health, and lot of times really cheap fabric that doesn't suit lot of skin types. Many parents who make their children wear that do so because they can't afford other outfits. Just today I saw couple of cases like that. 5 and 8 years old girls under the sun miserable looking at other girls who have better parents.

And then there is the common idea that the outfit protects the child from sexual assault which in turns encourages victim blaming and objectification of children and women in general.

These cultural practices have really bad effects and shouldn't be embraced under the guise of religious freedoms. Nor belittled by comparing them to generalities about parenting.

I was forced to wear the niqab, a variation of the islamic outfit, it was so hot that i regularly got sick from the continuous sweating and then exposure to cold air when leaving school.

Not even pointing at the fact that extreme control over identity expression can really mess you up mentally. All humans want to be able to make choices that reflect their own truth. Completely preventing them from that is bound to contribute to mental unwellness, and can even be traumatizing.

@Miram Ok, so I was not informed enough about the subject and I apologise.

@UBotMate and just to point out, most sane muslims would not do this at all. They let their kids make the choices later in life.