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Anonymous wrote:I never created a house rule for clothing. Being shirtless -boy or girl - was always fine with us.conce the kids hit puberty, they've worn a shirt if they were girls, and the boy just put on a shirt for meals on his own.

I think if the girl has to wear shirt, so should the boys. Dudes lounging topless, or exercising without shirts, is so . . . . ugly, tacky, unnecessary.

Anonymous wrote:Males going around shirtless is not nearly as common as when I was growing up in the late 70s and early 80s.

My brother was shirtless 24/7 in the summer. Mom not only didn't care, but was happy about it as it meant less laundry and less $$$. Many, if not most of the other boys in our neighborhood often went without a shirt in the summer. The men in the neighborhood, my dad included, often did yard work with no shirt.

My DS never went without a shirt unless he was at a pool or the beach.

My 2 DGS even wear a shirt in the pool. However, just recently my oldest DGS (13) has become obsessed with working out and suddenly start going around the house bare chested. So maybe the trend is starting to change again.

Anonymous wrote:I find this thread fascinating. I never thought about a rule in the house about shirts. Both my husband and 14 year old son always wear some sort of shirt at all times, except when they are in the process of looking for a shirt to put on. I think going around shirtless is low class, and we don't have to go through the trouble to enforce it because they don't feel comfortable walking around without a shirt unless they are at the pool or beach.

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Turning down the heat doesn't work - we have a wall of south facing windows and even in winter it gets to be in the mid 70s from the sunlight. We have no temperature set above 68 anywhere. Usually 66 max, including in our cold cold basement.

The girls aren't being told to go put on a shirt. They this far haven't seemed to wish to wander shirtless. Also, I'd rather my daughters see the scandalous nakedness of bare chested boys in their own home, realize it is not a big deal, and not be embarrassed when they run across bare chested boys in the "wild" (a/k/a, outside of our home).

Anonymous wrote:Turn the heat down. This problem will sort itself. In the summer, who cares. Shirts in when we have guests and while eating at the table. Otherwise, not a battle I’d pick.

Anonymous wrote:Turn the heat down. This problem will sort itself. In the summer, who cares. Shirts in when we have guests and while eating at the table. Otherwise, not a battle I’d pick.

Anonymous wrote:I'm with your DH on this one. Shirts for everyone in main areas. If you want to be half dressed you can be in your room, you don't get a pass because you were born with a penis which btw OP is what you are teaching your daughters.