Nakedness?

lyric is 3 1/2 and i still do. i take showers with her sometimes when we are in a hurry, it cuts time by a lot! i want lyric not to be afraid of that and that it is nothing to be ashamed of. it doesn't bother me.

my son is 4 and we still have baths together... i don't think there's anything wrong with it. Your daughter is learning from you all the time, if she sees you going to the washroom, then she'll eventually want to emulate the behaviour.

I just think it's totally normal and natural for parents to be naked in front of kids, until they are old enough to take baths on their own and/or are able to voice their need for privacy.

Once in awhile if I am at my dad's I will occasionally go pee when my brother is in the tub. There's only 1 bathroom and I'm 8 months pregnant lol. He just turned 5, and I say "AJ is it okay if I come in to go pee?" and he says okay. I should add that he takes baths by himself, except for filling up the tub.

People who say its not good for a child to view you naked obviously have body issues. Our body is not something to hide or be ashamed of. I want Hayley to have good body image and realize our bodies arent just for sexual purposes. I want her to feel good about being naked. So, yup, I sleep naked, walk around naked, watch t.v naked. In fact, the other night I had a friend stay over and so I wore PJ's and Hayley wanted to know why I had clothes on when I went to bed. BD is getting all stuffy about her comming in when he showers/pees/gets dressed, but I want her to know what a penis looks like and not see it as a sexual object but as a part of ones body. You need to do what you feel comfortable doing. Dont ever let anyone tell you whats right/wrong for your child. This is one of my biggest pet peeves, which is why im rambling, lol.

My kids see me naked a lot. Usually the only time they have clothes (besides underwear or a diaper or pull-up) on is when we are planning on going somewhere or if my mom comes over. She's weird about that. She thinks kids need clothes on all the time. Whatever. :roll: Sometimes my kids choose to wear clothes at home, but not normally. If R wants to get dressed, he goes and does it, J will sometimes but she normally needs help with certain things. I usually keep K dressed cuz she fusses if she's not. My mom also says that I'm trying to breed a nudist colony, but hey my kids do what is comfy!!

My kids see me naked a lot too... I don't think there is anything wrong with that (they are 2 1/2 and 1 1/2).

I can totally relate!! Sometimes, I'm so tired that I don't even put on a nightie. So, in the morning, I'm totally naked.

My kids are in my bedroom with me, so they always see me if they're up and awake. Usually, I'm totally self-conscious about my bod, but I really am not in front of them. They're about a 1 1/2, so I'm also beginning to wonder if what I'm doing is right....

My resolution: I gotta quit being lazy at night and get dressed for bed!

when i was younger seeing naked people was always very tabooed in the house. We grew up kind of thinking that we should be embarassed of our naked bodies and i think that provides a bad body image. Eric is too young to care if i am naked or not, but i dont see a problem with it when the kids are older. As long as they dont mind, its cool with me. I am no longer embarassed by my naked body. I look good naked lol!

Laila sees us nude all the time. We sleep that way and she gets up every morning to sit on our bed and watch cartoons over a poptart. We also both bathe her and she takes showers with me frequently. I use the bathroom in front of her all the time. Chris used to, before she was potty trained, to help her understand everyone does it.

I, like HayleysMama, want Laila to know what a penis is. When I was 5 I heard penis on TV and asked my parents what it meant. My dad said it was a rotten peanut, to which my mom said, "Oh, Fred!" So I knew something was up, but it was a few years later before I found out... how pathetic. Learning what a penis is from the movie Kindergarden Cop!

Anyway, do what you are comfortable with.

my bd is like that too, and Eric is only 6 months! He wont change his clothes in the same room as eric or anything! crazy bds..

I've always slept naked, but ever since I was pregnant I started lounging around the house naked unless we'd have company. My mom lives with us and she doesn't mind my nudity, but she thinks I should cover up around Jayden.

Jayen watches me pee, he bathes with me, he sees BD naked and sometimes comes in when he pees. We're comfortable with it and I want Jayden to be comfortable with it.

Growing up, I was very sheltered from nudity and many other things I consider healthy and normal. I will not do the same thing to Jayden.

My mom always changed in front of us, etc when we were younger and I am naked around Riley a lot (she is only 13 months though) but I dont see a problem as long as your comfortable!

How do you teach them why they need to wear clothes when they leave the house, or from undressing at daycare/school?

Kyamo

How do you teach them why they need to wear clothes when they leave the house, or from undressing at daycare/school?

My daughter has always understood that she can't go to daycare naked.

Because when you leave the house, you're dressed. Everyone. When you're out in public everyone is dressed. Whether it be at daycare, the mall, a restaurant or Wal-Mart. There are no naked people.

That's how they learn.

I remember walking around naked when I was like, 10. I really don't see a problem with it, unless your kid comes up and says they're uncomfortable with you doing it.

As for the clothing in public, I think I would just tell Maddie that we wear clothes in public because it makes a lot of people uncomfortable when we don't, so we're just being respectful.

But I really have no clue how that would work, that whole thing is a theory =P

jules is 3.5 and we still take showers together sometimes. i dont think theres anything wrong with it.

Zoe and I are naked all the time. When I sleep, I don't wear anything most of the time, and I walk around naked in the house a lot.
I've never had a problem keeping Zoe's cloths on outside of the house. Everyonce in a while, she'll try and take off her shirt or dress, but I just ask her to please keep it on, and she does.

This is extremely broad and not entireley accurate. As a kid, my parents were naked around us , in NON sexual, NON abusive way, because they wanted us to be comfortable with out bodies and because nudity is natural and normal. But I started feeling very uncomfortable as a young child but was not able to express this. As a small child I had no "body issues" as you put it but still had the right to be comfortable.

This is extremely broad and not entireley accurate. As a kid, my parents were naked around us , in NON sexual, NON abusive way, because they wanted us to be comfortable with out bodies and because nudity is natural and normal. But I started feeling very uncomfortable as a young child but was not able to express this. As a small child I had no "body issues" as you put it but still had the right to be comfortable.

I don't feel comfortable naked, even when I'm alone. I feel too.. naked, heh, which isn't comfortable to me. I'm at my most comfy in a big pair of pyjama pants and a shirt. I don't walk around naked, I don't sleep naked, I get dressed two seconds after I'm done in the shower, that's just how I am. I'll let Trey decide for himself how he's more comfortable, if he wants to run around the house naked, that's fine, if he doesn't feel comfortable with it or with anyone else doing it, that's fine as well.

Everyone in my family is naked in front of each other. We even take showers together. If any of us start to feel uncomfortable we will stop, but I want my kids to feel good about their bodies. I was raised with parents who were not afraid to be naked in front of me, and I think it helped me develop a good self image.

I was naked around Amber and Matthew until they were about 3. Now I'm not naked as much since they are getting older.

I used dolls and "places" made of things like tissue boxes and Legos. I would take a Barbie and be like, "See, when Barbie is at school, the store, church, and the park she has her clothes on and can't take them off." Stuff like that. It worked pretty well personally.

I NEVER saw my parents naked that I can remember. The closest I remember is on Sunday mornings my mom would sometimes walk around in a skirt and bra while she was getting ready for church.

I remember thinking it was SOOO strange when, at 10 years old, one of my friends would walk around her dad in just her underwear.

At home Tommy doesnt walk around naked if Destiny is home....Hes never walked around naked in front of her..he is not comfortable with it and considering she is 7 years old now, I would not be comfortable with him being naked around her either.

*I* however, am naked in front of her a lot. I dont think much about being naked I guess. She took showers with me until she was 5..and sometimes still does if we are in a hurry. When I get out of the shower in the mornings I usually go to her room to wake her up while still naked. Its not something I really think about I guess. If Destiny ever said she was uncomfortable then I would be considerate of that. I honestly dont think she even really notices since its just kinda normal around our house. lol

If I'm in a rush I'll still give Aiden a shower with me (he's 3)...I have no problem with nudity...it's a natural thing. Brandon (b.d.) feels the same way...

I'm naked in from of my three year old son frequently. It's a tiny apartment, I'm always in a rush in the mornings, and sometimes we bathe together.

Also, I'm an artist who draws the human figure, so there are lots of pictures of naked people all over the place: on paper, in books, etc. My mom is also an artist, and I grew up in a similar environment.

Honestly, my son's never had an issue with when & where it's apppropriate to take off your clothes.