I am very conflicted about the photo. I am generally against flushing the internet with photos of children, that haven’t consented/are not old enough to give consent and understanding the implications. Internet strangers don’t need to see a photo of your child. Period. If you share publicly, you do that completely for yourself. Just own it. There are enough options to only share in private settings. I am also very much against sharing photos that could be seen as embarrassing. Those parents showed poor judgment. That is one for the analog album, only to be brought out at the 18th birthday.
On the other hand, this is a very real life moment that most parents know all too well. Also, I will never understand the hyper sexualised culture that creeps over from the US. That is really creeping me out and I find it very harming. In my country naked people are in many places. The beaches, their own property (balcony, house, garden), sauna, nudist compounds, no cloth swimming times..... so there are many public places with naked children. But it’s not as if we have a bigger problem with sexualised violence against children than other countries.
But, the internet opens up the audience for this. That has to be taken in regards.
For me, the urinating factor is much worse than anything else. From the artistic view point it is a composition that fits the aesthetic of the artistic movement that Kate emulates in her own artistic attempts, and it portrays on layer of the reality of being stuck at home, day in day out, in summer with a child quite well. Even though, I personally think it’s a boring photo. I am pretty sure there were better pictures in the mix.
I get why one would choose it, but I also understand why one wouldn’t.