Well pm I cover my own daughter in little abayas. And this is something she chooses to do.. She loves it.. and was so excited when I bought her own hijab because she wanted to dress like mommy and her khalas..

I mean where does one draw the line with teaching their children what they believe? Should we also stop our children from believing that the Prophet Mohammad SAW is a prophet of Allah???? Should we feed the children meat if we are vegatarians (even though the very thought disgusts us)

I think the key here is to just teach the children what we know. But give them enough autonomy so that whe will investigate and be able to make up their own minds when they get older. Which is certainly what I and many other muslims like myself have done.

I have to say that I also find your comment a of hijab as "sexualising" a child extremely worrying.  Its not like the parents are telling the kid to run around naked and not wear clothes at all because they are nudist and that is the way adam and eve were originally created.  Everyone has different perception of what makes male and female type clothing. I buy Jottum boys clothes for my son and dresses for my little girl from jottum! Does that western way of dressing mean I am "sexualising" my children?