Should Your Kids See You Naked? (teens, support, children, natural)
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Some parents seem proud of the fact that they're so "open" - I see no advantage to kids. They can easily get online if they want to satisfy their curiosity and look at "art". But to see your parents naked - no.....siblings, not as big a deal as long as it's not done on purpose or repeatedly with opposite sex siblings.
When they are little there is no issue, when they get older then it depends on the setting. I think its okay for a teenage daughter to see her mother naked and a teenage son to see his father.
It happens all the time at our house. I'm taking a bath to relax and my daughter comes in to relay her day. Or we are doing something like a warrior dash and holding a towel for one another while we strip down and wash off.
Younger, okay. My parents were fairly casual and wouldn't cover up if I wandered into their bathroom. As a young kid, it didn't register with me.
Older? No. I have pretty strong feelings about this. No need for parents to parade around nude, even if you have the most amazing body. My kids would be mortified if I paraded around naked. Plus, it would be traumatic seeing my surgical scars from cancer. My mom paraded around naked with the same thing in full glory ( cancer) many years ago when I was a adolescent. She was horribly disfigured from lovely cancer treatments in the 60's. I developed a life time fear of doctors and illnesses from this. I knew from seeing her that I would go through the same thing and I did. To this day, I'm not sure what my mom was thinking since it made a pretty deep impact on me. Thank goodness my kids are both adopted and I didn't pass along my horrible genes.
Do yourself a favor and cover up. Even if I had the body of a super model, I wouldn't be parading around stark naked. Why do your kids need to see your topiary?
Seeing a boob couldn't hurt AFAIK. I still recall seeing my parents naked when I was young. Honestly, some of their arguing and fighting was a bigger turnoff for marriage and me then the nudity.
A college classmate joked that a dad "accidently" showing his son(s) his penis may actually be a good thing. Something reassuring about size, and what to expect in a non-direct way?
My family is very conservative. No one has ever seen anyone here naked. We just respect other peoples privacy and as it was mentioned above there is a mental instability that comes into play.
Now my strange cousins in Florida were different. We were so uncomfortable at their home we had to leave. If its hot they strip naked....and its usually hot in Florida. He has three beautiful little girls who don't have to get dressed if they don't want to. Or dad walks around the house naked so does mom at times.
I've seen my parents naked plenty of times growing up and never thought of it, hell my dad used to take showers with me up to around age 8. However it does pretty weird when kids get older. As I got older I would look away whenever I accidentally saw my mom naked. She would say "What's the big deal? I'm your mother!"
There would also be times when I saw my dad naked in the middle of the night because he'd wake up to go to the bathroom and wouldn't put anything on. It's awkward, but not a big deal. You just look away.
I don't see it as "scarring." Americans need to learn to separate nudity from sexuality. Also, for the record, my parents aren't American so that may play a part, culturally speaking.
It is all about the situation and the comfort level of the parents. Kids take their cues from the parents. If it is not an issue to the parents, it likely won't be for the children. If the kids become more modest as they age, that should be respected, but nudity has nothing to do with sexuality and if a child sees a parent in a state of undress from the shower or changing...I dont think it is a big deal.
To be honest, seeing the parent of the same sex naked could be beneficial in a child forming a healthy body image. Children today dont change for gym or shower with same gender classmates like decades ago, etc. The only naked people they see is porn and for the most part, that comparison would leave most feeling rather negative about their bodies. I dont think it is a bad thing for a growing girl or boy to see what an average naked body looks like. Just my opinion.
When they are little and the only safe way to shower is to have them in the bathroom... whaddya gonna do?
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