There is soooo much red tape here its not even funny. Lol.
One big problem is that everyone's views on tickling, especially here are different. Remember, most people in the rest of the world wouldnt think tickling any different than we would think a bottle of sun tan lotion. I'm sure there is some fetish site for sun tan lotion out there that woudl have a discussion very similar to this "is it right to put sun tan lotion on kids" because they wouldnt be able to differentiate sun tan lotion from sex, which seems to be alot of people's problem here. Now in my mind, if you dont put sun tan lotion on a kid, he could get sun burned and it could be bad for him. Maybe in a non tickle phillie parents mind, its a good thing to tickle their kids because they like it? will have a closer phsyical trusting bond? need to show love/ affection in a playful friendly way? How many parents tickle their kids in fun? MILLIONS. How many grandparents? You think its sexual to them? What about siblings, friends, tickling eachother in fun?
Thats the bottom line here, to the rest of the world tickling isnt sexual, therefore based on a vast minorities sexual views on a topic it cant be proclaimed WRONG to the rest of the world. In that sense, no, there is absolutly nothing wrong with playful fun underage tickling, in fact to most of the world its not something that would require a second thought as underage. It would be as weird to them as saying underage elephant riding. i mean they have those rides at some faires and all, what if someone got off on that? would it make it wrong for the rest of the world? no.
The question is whats right for here, and in that case rules are rules and so they cant be argued. When you bring sexuality into something that is to most people an every day thing then yes it can get messy and you never know who is lying and saying they dont get off on something they actually do, but then again, how is that different from the rest of tehw orld and the rest of life? I mean, people can be getting off anywhere at anytime on things we never would have though possible and things we have fun with. The fact is for alot of the world KIDS ESPECIALLY tickling is a GREAT thing. I mean, in my experience, sometimes the love for tickling is outgrown, but there are almost NO KIDS unless gone through unwanted tickle torture that hate tickling. Why ruin the fun for them because a few people have hang ups on it? Makes no sense to me.