Would you allow your nine-year-old daughter to wear a padded bra? Or how about a nice pair of jogging bottoms designed with an added piece of material, so it looks like she has her underwear hanging out of her joggers? These are just two of the garments which I came across yesterday during a visit to Matalan.

I had decided to take my youngest daughter, aged 8, shopping after a growth spurt saw her wearing trousers that were half way up her legs. I decided on Matalan because in the past I have found their clothes to be reasonably priced and of good quality. However, after finding these two “little treasures” in their Children's Department yesterday I decided to vote with my feet. I will no longer be shopping in Matalan. Instead I opted to take Abbie to Tesco where we found two very suitable pairs of trousers and left with one happy little girl.

I have to say that the subject of Child Sexualisation concerned me long before David Cameron spoke out. In the past I have struggled to find non-padded bras for daughter, aged 10, searching through many a shop in order to find something suitable. She doesn’t thank me for it either, but at the end of the day parental responsibility is my priority over being liked.

I was horrified a few years ago when I discovered a pair of fishnet tights, aged 5 – 6 in Woolworths. Kids are made to grow up far too quickly today and I think it’s wrong that an eight or nine year old child should go around in clothes that make her boobs look bigger, or makeup which makes her look older than her age. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t want to see my children adorned in Victorian style robes, causing them to stick out like a sore thumb (although I was tempted to take this route when my 10 year old daughter announced that she wanted to go on a date with her boyfriend to the cinema) I just refuse to allow them to dress in something which I consider to be inappropriate.

That is why I am glad that David Cameron has spoken out on this subject. I am hoping that it’s not all talk and at last tighter controls will be put in place, protecting our children. In some ways I think that our government has become like a nanny state and do not agree with the amount of control which they seem to have over our lives, but in this particular case, I am glad that they have stepped in; there are parents out there who will give in to their children and buy them these clothes and whilst they do so, all children will think that it the norm to dress in this way. By our government stepping in on this issue we take away the choice.

I am interested to see how far this will go. One parent’s idea of suitable is often not another's. So I wait with baited breath and hope that items such as fishnets tights for five year olds will be removed from the shelves.