It seems there is nothing a parent can do online these days without receiving heavy criticism from online trolls.
One mum has discovered this the hard way after sharing an innocent snap of her hugging her son.
Mum-of-four Sophie Guidolin posted a picture of her and her son Kai to celebrate his 15th birthday, where the two can be seen standing in a kitchen.
Sophie, a fitness influencer and bodybuilder from the Gold Coast, Australia, happens to be wearing a bikini in the photo which has caused outrage on social media.
Some were quick to brand the image 'inappropriate' and accuse the 32-year-old of doing a 'sexy pose', reports The Daily Star.
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Sophie has since hit back at this 'sexualisation' of her photo explaining how she often wears a bikini in front of her kids as "having a body is normal".
She edited the birthday post to say: "We live in the Gold Coast, Australia, where wearing a bikini to the beach is so beyond normal that I didn't even consider having to place a disclaimer on this photo.
"When Kai woke up, I was in the pool and yes - in a bikini (as I am most days!!) I wanted a photo straight away as he wanted to ride his bike and go out riding all day immediately.
"Do I have a problem wearing a bikini in front of my sons? NO WAY. Why? Because I'm not sexualised to him, not have I ever been! If you have an issue maybe you should look into why you feel you have to sexualise a woman's body instead of it simply being a mum and her son at the pool!!!"
The mum also shared another post on the matter adding: "I wasn't going to address this because I don't believe in feeding negative energy - but I hope my voice helps educate and even trigger a different process or perspective - even for a minute.
"I was raised by my family that yes, whilst privacy and modesty is important (hello I was raised a Jehova's Witness) - the human body is not shameful, nor something to hide.
"My children have seen me naked, they were there when I had my stitches removed last year, they understand I am a woman, their mum, I am human and I have skin.
"I WANT them not to be ashamed of a body. Or sexualise a woman who is perhaps wearing a bikini.
"In their eyes, they do not even flinch because I have deliberately raised them in a way that stops this culture of sexualising every single woman.
"Do the boys have an issue with me hugging them in a bikini? Not even slightly. Why? Because it is nothing more than their mum hugging them. Nothing more."
Kai, 15, also shared his thoughts on the backlash to the picture, branding it "dumb" and sharing how he didn't understand why it was a big deal as it was "normal" for his mum to wear a bikini as they spend a lot of time a the beach.
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