Anonymous wrote:My daughter is 4 and she is having swimming classes almost everyday in the morning. She has been seeing a lot of naked bodies and so far hasn't asked anything (thank GOD!). I wouldn't mind any question at all, but I am always afraid she will make some offensive comment or question regarding someone's else body like: "why does that woman has a big butt?" or something along those lines.
Anyway, my point is: open your blinds and live your life - are you going to keep your house in the dark forever?
However, I would not like to have people seeing me all the time (naked or not) and if your lots are that close, you might want to consider the bottom up/top down type of blinds. I have them because I live in the first floor of a condo and I love it! Before my blinds were always close because I hated being in the kitchen for instance and having people walking right in front of us with their dogs and see everything that was going on in my house.
Now, with the new blinds the top is always down half way through, so I have plenty of natural light but total privacy still.
NP here with a slight derail -- I am a fat woman and I have had young children make comments like, "Mama, that lady is so fat!" or "Mama, look at her big belly!", and I have never been offended. Children are usually just observing differences in body shape, completely innocently. They don't mean it in a pejorative way. I usually speak right up and say something like, "You're right, I am fat! It's very soft and cozy when I give hugs. People come in all shapes and sizes, isn't that neat?" and smile. And usually the child smiles back and it's all good. The only time it becomes uncomfortable is when the mom scolds the child for observing differences in how people look. It's the parent that assumes that "fat" is an insult rather than an innocent and accurate observation.
So if a child said, "Why does that lady have such a big butt?", I'd probably smile and say, "My mama had a big butt and so did her mama, too! I like it because it has lots of padding for when I sit down. Isn't it neat that people come in all shapes and sizes?" Please don't demonize fat people or make children afraid of us. It's okay for children to observe that people come in different shapes and sizes.