Our society has done this since the early 1960s. Many children don't have a sexual identity, and having it forced on them (culture, dress, education, popularity issues) many react in ways they wouldn't if they were left alone.
Dressing little girls and boys in non-suggestive ways, keeping their experiences focused on age-appropriate activities, and developing moral, cultural, and educational expectations when they're still children might produce less sexually-deviant people in our society.
JMHO
“and having it forced on them (culture, dress, education, popularity issues) many react in ways they wouldn’t if they were left alone.”
A lot of kids would never wear clothes if not forced to.