To still bath with Dd now she’s 7

I never bathed with my parents at all, but did 'help' and muck around with water while my dad was in the bath, aged upto about 9.
I also bathed/ played in the tub with some female friends up til aged about 12. Sometimes they would wear swimwear, but I never did.
So everyone is different, no right or wrong!

Why are you sure?

That sounds lovely. I don’t think it‘a too old at all. My DD was comfortable being naked around us until she was about 10. Then suddenly she wanted her privacy. At some point she won’t want to and you’ll remember those baths fondly.

Not an issue if she's happy with it. My parents were always comfortable with being naked. I hated it and still have flashbacks of their wobbly bits! I don't let my 3 year old see me naked for that reason.

I don’t see anything wrong with a mother and daughter bathing together at any age. Opposite sex parents bathing with their kids is a different matter - but fine when they are little (8-ish and under).

They're 9 and 11. It will stop when they don't want it anymore, which I can't imagine is too far away.

you’re assuming your children have the vocabulary and the confidence to speak up. Children like to please their parents and it’s clear that there would be disappointment once the baths stop, I wonder if they have the required skills.

I could not have thought of anything worse at age 11 than having a bath with my Dad.
Personally I think 11 is far far too old to be having a bath with a parent, especially one of the opposite sex, sorry.

Imagine what her friends would say, or her teachers at school if they knew.
Some questions might be asked in a safeguarding manner, and quite righty so to protect children.

Probably time to heavily discourage this.

I remember bathing with my mum maybe around that age, and looking at it now as an adult I think i was far too old and it’s a bit odd.

11?? I had pubic hair at that age.

Yes agree that is inappropriate. Bath with opposite sex parent should stop by 8 I would say. If not before

I agree with this. She's well into puberty at this age. Totally wrong imo. Sorry.

Would you have a bath with your mum though?

Its totally different to having your mum present while you're giving birth.

So so inappropriate for an 11 year old girl to be sharing baths with her dad. It's weird that he wants to share a bath with a pubescent girl.

I think it's fine at any age as long as she actively wants to. I imagine sometime in the next few years she won't want to anymore.

My Dd is 10, doesn't share a bath with me but sits in the bathroom to talk to me while I'm in the tub, asks me to come talk to her while she is in. We talk about privacy but she's comfortable with us and I see no issue at all. Why should there be any issue if you are both happy with it? My mum was meant to be in the room while I gave birth but I had to have a c section so she couldn't but I wanted my mum with me as well as my husband. It's just a body, my mum birthed me, I birthed my dd, our bodies are inextricably linked x

Personally, I think 7 is too old to still be taking a bath or shower with mum or dad. I wouldn't think you were up to anything weird or make comment on it, but I would think it odd.

I don't understand how this is fun at all. I love a proper hot bath which I know my DS wouldn't tolerate. I don't want to have to play endless made up games when I'm trying to relax too.

Plus he thinks it's hilarious to fart in the bath...

My youngest would climb in with her dad without being invited (we didn't have a lock at that point) but I wasn't helping them dress by that age, they could dress themselves by the time they went to school.

My DDs love 'daddy bath' where they all squash in together and have it filled right to the top. They ask for it regularly. I hate baths, and I especially hate baths with other people, so there's no mummy bath. We're just about to move to a house with a massive retro corner bath, so I imagine they'll love that. They're 9 and 11. It will stop when they don't want it anymore, which I can't imagine is too far away.

I think my DS would've happily shared a bath with me at that age but didn't do it as I like to relax with bubbles and a face mask/ conditioning treatment and he would've splashed everywhere and filled bath with toys. Not relaxing

If people treated bodies as natural and not something to be hid from their children, growing up would be much easier. Same as countries that teach sex Ed younger have lower teenage birth.

I didn't do baths as I don't enjoy them but I'm sure my DDs jumped in the shower with me until at least 8.
When they started to close the door to get changed or didn't want to change in front of us obviously we stopped. We encourage knocking on doors before we enter bedrooms.
Sometimes they will come in when I'm getting changed or showering but mostly they knock and I will say I'm getting dressed and they don't come in as they don't want to see me naked.
It's fine as long as your DD is happy with it.

Mine do this too, if they see me in the bath, the delight on their faces! I know this is not going to last too much longer!