Anonymous wrote:I think you'll know when it is time. At some point, you'll either feel really uncomfortable or your child will appear uncomfortable. At that point, you should make a conscious decision to talk to your child about nakedness and comfort. It is healthy for a child do understand that nudity is natural and beautiful, while equally important for them to understand that some people want privacy and that is important and should also be respected. Talk to them about their feelings - do they feel uncomfortable? Do they want privacy? Do they not mind at all? Go with it.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't get the reasoning for covering up at all. The message being conveyed is that your body is something to be ashamed of. Hiding your body will o oh result in greater curiosity over what a naked female looks like. And I certainly don't want the only naked female body my kids see to be some image they find on the Internet.

+1!

And, I just heard last month that Playboy isn't going to be putting naked women in the magazines anymore, so know the kids' only option is internet searches.

Anonymous wrote:Question - where are all of you on the threads about girls seeing fathers naked?

I think this is the flip side of this question, and I agree that it's perfectly ok and normal.

In our own home, in bedrooms and bathrooms, places where some nakedness is normal, there is no reason for covering up.

If someone is uncomfortable, fine, but it isn't harmful to be seen by your opposite sex child in appropriate settings.

Now, if you're prancing around the house nude constantly, that's another level.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't get the reasoning for covering up at all. The message being conveyed is that your body is something to be ashamed of. Hiding your body will o oh result in greater curiosity over what a naked female looks like. And I certainly don't want the only naked female body my kids see to be some image they find on the Internet.

It says more about you that you think covering up means you're ashamed of your body than it does about me that I think my son shouldn't see me naked.

NP here. I disagree. That you don't think your son should see you naked definitely says a lot about you.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't get the reasoning for covering up at all. The message being conveyed is that your body is something to be ashamed of. Hiding your body will o oh result in greater curiosity over what a naked female looks like. And I certainly don't want the only naked female body my kids see to be some image they find on the Internet.

It says more about you that you think covering up means you're ashamed of your body than it does about me that I think my son shouldn't see me naked.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

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Anonymous wrote:My 10.5 year old son sees me naked often and neither of us cares one bit. I see him naked as well (when he has taken a shower or is changing clothes). He will come into the bathroom when I am showering or getting dressed and we carry on a conversation. Bodies and nakedness are no big deal in my household.

He just started taking FLE (family life education) this year and was able to come home and relate to us the lessons about the human body, puberty, women's menstrual cycles in a completely matter-of-fact way. Truth is he knew it all anyway, we have never hidden anything from him and always answered his questions honestly.

This.

I have a 5, 10, and 12 year old. They occasionally see me or my husband naked. We see them more often. NBD.

Anonymous wrote:My 10.5 year old son sees me naked often and neither of us cares one bit. I see him naked as well (when he has taken a shower or is changing clothes). He will come into the bathroom when I am showering or getting dressed and we carry on a conversation. Bodies and nakedness are no big deal in my household.

He just started taking FLE (family life education) this year and was able to come home and relate to us the lessons about the human body, puberty, women's menstrual cycles in a completely matter-of-fact way. Truth is he knew it all anyway, we have never hidden anything from him and always answered his questions honestly.

Anonymous wrote:I don't get the reasoning for covering up at all. The message being conveyed is that your body is something to be ashamed of. Hiding your body will o oh result in greater curiosity over what a naked female looks like. And I certainly don't want the only naked female body my kids see to be some image they find on the Internet.