Why do we give children such confusing messages about their bodies?

A naked child has become, for many, a potential sex abuse incident, rather than the beautiful, pure thing it is, despite the reality, which is that - mercifully - abuse by paedophiles is far less prevalent than the furore that surrounds them would imply. Turning the clock back to the Seventies when I was a pre-schooler, hot summers were all about wearing almost nothing, and our photo albums are bursting with pictures of us as children, naked and happy.

source: Aticle 'Why do we give children such confusing messages about their bodies?' by Liz Fraser; www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1381295/Why-children-confusing-messages-bodies.html; Mail Online; 28 April 2011