Anonymous wrote:Americans are very uptight about bodies and nudity. It was no big deal to this woman, no different than washing the kids face, although they are a bit on the older side. I would have put them in underwear and turned on the shower.

We were at a NYC playground that had a water thing to play on. A group of tourists from Northern Europe came to play and the girls around 5 or 6 took their shirts off to go in water. I had been hesitant to take my 5 year olds shirt off but then I followed their lead. At this age there’s no reason a boy can take his shirt off to go play in water but a girl has to get her shirt soaking wet.