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There are entire communities of nudists, where people don't _just_ lay out naked on the beach; being unclothed is part of their lifestyle. Their kids are brought up this way, it is natural to them, the idea of wearing clothes in front of your own family and friends is weird to them.
There's nothing wrong with it, IF it is part of the lifestyle you raise your family in. I think that if the husband and daughter who -do- wear clothes in the house, have no problem with the wife and children who do -not- wear clothes in the house, then there's no problem. If either of the two are uncomfortable with the idea, then it is a problem.
There's nothing wrong with it, IF it is part of the lifestyle you raise your family in. I think that if the husband and daughter who -do- wear clothes in the house, have no problem with the wife and children who do -not- wear clothes in the house, then there's no problem. If either of the two are uncomfortable with the idea, then it is a problem.
The fact the older daughter doesn't walk around nude is an indication that it's long past time for the mother to stop cleaning in the nude. I remember we were very casual with nudity when the children were younger. I took baths with my children. Hubby would take showers with them. As soon as children start showing modesty, it's important for the parents to respect that because when children start becoming modest, they also become equally uncomfortable with the nudity of others.
We don't do cleaning in the nude, but I don't mind my sons sitting on the bed talking to me when I am running around my room, getting ready to go someplace. My daughter has issues w/ her Dad, she is always telling him he is a "gross fat hairy pig" and that he needs to cover up. She told him that seeing him nude has turned her off of men for life.
Frequently our two 9 year old girls and I are nude in the dressing room at the community indoor pool, in my bathroom and bedroom at shower time etc. But nobody runs around nude. I'm having a time teaching them they can't strip down in front of their father anymore either. But their father hasn't been nude in front of them for quite some time.
I can't imagine anything more uncomfortable than cleaning in the nude, but then again any kind of cleaning is uncomfortable to me!
I certainly don't mean to insinuate that I found anything sexual in this family's practice. They are a wonderful, close, happy unit. I would have expected her son to show some signs of being uncomfortable with her walking around nude, and doing it himself, well before he reached his teens.
I wonder if modesty is taught, or just innate in most people.
I wonder if modesty is taught, or just innate in most people.
I think it's innate in some people and needs to be taught in others. It was innate for my children. We weren't modest around them when they were younger. Once they started showing signs of modesty, we began to be more modest around them to respect their evolving sense of self.
I certainly don't mean to insinuate that I found anything sexual in this family's practice. They are a wonderful, close, happy unit. I would have expected her son to show some signs of being uncomfortable with her walking around nude, and doing it himself, well before he reached his teens.
I wonder if modesty is taught, or just innate in most people.
That's a good question, Mattie. My 4 year old would happily run around in the buff all day. I have to constantly tell her to put clothes on. I don't mind personally, but I think I have to instill in her that it's not socially acceptable to run around in the alltogether, all the time.
I don't know that if I left it unchecked if she'd still be running around in the nude when she's 14.
Although, I don't tell her there's anything wrong with being nude, per se, just that people wear clothes when they grow up. And that the cable guy doesn't need to see her in all her glory.
My mother had no problem walking around in a towel for most of the evening after she got home from work. It didn't make me uncomfortable, exactly, but I looking back I think I would have preferred her to wear clothes. I think when you reach a certain age there's things about your parents that you'd rather not think about, if that makes any sense.
Starkers? Not happening in my house. We come from hearty Putitan stock.
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