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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How about your daughter? Yes, seriously. For this question it does not matter what gender anyone is.

Answer: You are his mother. There is no reason to be conscious or worried or anything, really. Ever.
By the time he gets embarrassed and starts turning away, make comments like "Mommyyyyyyy not nakeeeed!", blushes or the likes you can either start covering up or do what my parents did (and all other parents in the culture I grew up in), ignore the childish embarrassment and treat naked bodies like the beautiful natural phenomenon they are :)

Even though I never was the confident naked person and thought it was embarrassing for my parents to not lock the bathroom door when showring etc. I am VERY glad today they didn't hide their bodies from us. I very firmly believe natural positive body image can only come from being raised by parents who live it.[/quote]

So well said.

If your kid doesn't see normal, naked, human bodies at home, how is he/she ever going to learn what they are supposed to look like - when not airbrushed?

I still get dressed around my 8 year old.  I don't walk around the house naked, but if he walks in, it's NBD.  When/if he starts feeling embarrassed, I'll stop.

There is nothing wrong with being naked.  Nothing shameful about the human body.  [/quote]

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