I have been reading for a while the post on a couple different forums regarding children and freeballing and children sleeping nude and children seeing parents nude.
I am amazed how people view things. I say this because for example One family has house rules of no nudity in public spaces downstairs. You can fball sleep nude, streak from bedroom to potty nude boys and girls. They have rules for entering each others rooms etc. Personally I am all for this cause its teaches the body is nothing to be ashamed of. BUT the responses are you are crazy! boys seeing girls nude vice vera.
The other post was a guy was concerned his young daughter may see him nude while he was in his bed asleep. Some people agreed its normal for children to see randomly parents nude. Others were mortified god help us if a girl walked in on a naked dad! I even read post where men and women were ready to call the FBI if they heard of guys being in their own homes with same sex children in the nude. For example me and mine will often not have anything on before and after showers and yeah we have eaten breakfest this way. We dont touch one another or inappropriately in front of each other.. So whats this big deal?
Now here is what I find funny. The men and women who scream the loudest are known nude sleeprs, free ballers, attend nude beaches, and often probably do all kinds of adult private things on park benches or parked cars and etc. But simple minor stuff such as seeing a nude body is ready to fall the firing squad out. Kinda funny hugh?
I am laughing as I write this because I know what you mean. Honestly, it's the main reason I participate in these forums - not for the wacko response/advice you get, but because there are people who get it. And on the (very) few occasions when I have mentioned anything about my boys going commando, skinny dipping, sleeping naked or anything similar I get "the look" that tells me the other person is horrified, shocked, whatever... I MUST be a bad parent because I didn't teach them to be ashamed. Seriously, and I know you have all read my rantings, but we are worried about seeing the human body - UNLESS that body is blowing up or getting shot or whatever.
I can't say I was always completely at ease - I wasn't. But I did try to be reasonable. Whats the point of underwear? So if they don't wear it, so what? Will anyone suffer? Same thing with swimming suits. Will swimming naked harm them in some way? Hasn't so far. And let's face it - if Disney included it in POLLYANNA how bad can it be? Sleeping naked...again, what's the drama? Seeing his brother or other boys naked - don't they have pretty much the same thing? Will it be that big of a shock? I seriously had to argue with their school to let them take showers after PE because other kids parents DIDNT WANT there kids to shower. Are you serious?
My boys go commando. They swim and sleep naked. Sometimes they eat breakfast naked or watch tv naked before they go to bed. They shower together sometimes and sleep together sometimes. If they want to put something on they do. If they dont, they dont. When they go for there physicals they have no problem stripping down and being in there altogether.
There grandmother isn't always thrilled by the freedom I allow them, but honestly - I am more concerned if they are good, caring people than what they wear in the pool or to bed. Go find out what all those kids are doing whose parents are SOOO hung up about all this trivial stuff.
And finally - yes my boys have seen bodies of the opposite sex. I am hoping that instead of being so insane to see them that they make stupid decisions that if they get that out of the way they will be in a better position to make good decisions. Yes, at there age some nudity is sexual - but not ALL nudity. I have also seen them look at girls in bikinis with (most likely) "impure thoughts" lol. They are boys after all...