Family nudity...?

[KillerMuffin]

I read this on another bulletin board. A man (oddly enough named Todd) was wondering about bringing the "freedom of nudity" to his children after he'd been so enlightened by his own acclimitazition to nudist activites. What do ya'll think of Family Nudity?

Would you do it? Would you think it would be okay for kids or would it traumatize them? Do you think it's possible to have familial nudity without sex involved? Do you think the kids would feel pressured to become nudists at home because Dad is so hot for the lifestyle? Discuss?

 

[Problem Child]

I would have run away from home if my parents walked around the house naked.

Just the sound of my dad hauling his fat ass out of his leather recliner on a hot day would have sent me running for the orphanage...

 

[Silverlily]

My girls (7 and 9) die of embarassment simply watching me folding underwear. Full frontal nudity would blow their little minds.

Now before you point out that they would have grown up with nudity and therefore would be used to it, remember, I have always folded the laundry. They grew up watching me fold the delicates but didn't start reacting until just recently. I didn't teach them this, but they did pick it up somewhere.

I don't believe modesty is a sign of being ashamed of one's body. Rather, we teach the girls to be modest to protect themselves. To teach one thing for public and another for home could not only be too confusing, but could add to a feeling of being different, something hard to handle when you are little. So no, I wouldn't do it. I don't think it is right for my family.

 

[DarlingBri]

Strangely, as Kitten sort of points out, I think it's partly to do with geography.

What works in NYC ain't gonna fly in Nashville. If your family is the only family in town doing it, than your kids are going to get mighty unconfortable at some stage.

That said, *little* kids are pretty cool about it. I think a lot of families don't pay any mind until the oldest kids is around 5. Then they start reaching for the jockey shorts or whatever, and bathing together seems to stop.

Just MHO

--Bri

 

[RudeNastyAssBitch]

Forever With My Boobs Hanging Out!

I am in the weaning stage of breastfeeding, and it feels like I have had exposed breasts for 2 years now!LOL

I take my clothes off as soon as I enter my house & my husband does the same, cept he wears his boxers

Nudity is not a thing for me, and certainly NOT for the Budda Baby!
She is often without her clothes, streaking through our apartment with a devilish smile on her face

Sexuality does not come into play here, she is just little still and I have never had an incestous thought about ANY family member! Especially NOT My own kid.

If we show them that we are pround of our bodies, Round Bellies and All, They,perhaps, May not get stuck in the weird mindsets of Beauty as told by society.

Unhooking My Bra, I bid You GoodNight!
RNAB

 

[willfulbrat]

Would you do it? Family nudity is not a big deal at our house. We do wear clothes around the house, but if one of our children sees us dressing or getting out of the shower it is no big deal.
Would you think it would be okay for kids or would it traumatize them? I think children are very different individuals and it depends on each child's personality. If it embarrasses them, you should be sensitive to that. But what traumatizes one person doesn't necessarily traumatize another.
Do you think it's possible to have familial nudity without sex involved? Yes.
Do you think the kids would feel pressured to become nudists at home because Dad is so hot for the lifestyle?No.

[Edited by willfulbrat on 03-07-2001 at 03:11 AM]

 

[Earthgoddess]

As a pagan family we have a fairly liberal attititude about nudity-we are often only partially clothed at Festivals.And even if we are fully dressed others are not. My son loves to be a nekkid kid-however, we are very much into stressing private parts, we don't let his periodic nudity become an issue but we also don't let him scamper around as much without clothes-he is 5 now and knows that there is something different about nudity-i.e. we don't show everyone our bodies. We still get the Calvin and Hobbes style streaking about 2-3 times a week. Add all this to the fact that my spouse does not feel comfortable being nekkid around my son( his step-son, and I would have to say we are liberal but not nudists. I think if children are raised in a home where all bodies are naked, but in a world where all bodies are covered it might be a little weird for them as they grow older. There is no sexuality connected to our skin during festivals-especially never in front of children. And no one is ever allowed to touch a child in an inapproprite manner. This man seem very enthusiastic-I hope he doesn't force his family into a situation that will be damaging as they grow up.

 

[TonyG]

Nudity as part of an everyday life habit (bathing, changing, etc.) would not seem to be wrong within a family atmosphere. People should just treat it as a natural occurance...if the kids walk in when your changing so be it.

But for me going to nude beaches et al as a family or sitting naked watching a disney movie in the family room would not happen.