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[quote=Anonymous]I shower with and am naked in front of my 3 yr old DD and I don't see that stopping unless she gets uncomfortable. I'm not going out of my way to be naked in front of her or anything, but I change in front of her and showering with her is just easy, plus a really good way to teach her how to take care of her body and how to wash.

My mom was never naked in front of me as a kid and just generally very uncomfortable with her body and also communicated a lot of shame to me about my body that took me a long time to deal with and overcome. I recently watched that show PEN15, and the character Maya takes baths with her mom as a middle school kid and it's very tender and caring and normal, plus a time where they speak really honestly and with kindness towards each other about what is going on in Maya's life. Again, if my DD ever expresses discomfort about seeing me naked I will respect that boundary, but I actually think it's really healthy to have settings in which family members can be naked around each other where it is not at all sexual and there is no shaming.

It's different for my DH. He doesn't shower with DD and wouldn't feel comfortable doing that, though she does sometimes see him naked around the house and he's not weird about it. I don't think that will last much longer but I'm leaving it up to them to sort out. I do think I'd feel differently about it with a son, too. Again, it's not a sexual thing. It's more that since DD and I have the same body parts, it seems more natural/normal to be naked together. If you have different body parts, it invites more conversation about your body. Which isn't bad (again, no shame) but it changes the dynamics in a way that could be uncomfortable for a variety of reasons, and I understand why my DH is less comfortable with it.[/quote]

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