For not covering up?

[Nelly1727]

Genuine question? At what age would you stop walking around naked in front of the children? We have a naked house, I'm not saying I sit and watch TV naked but my husband and I will happily Walk from the bedroom to the bathroom with no clothes on and think nothing of it. If I need to nip downstairs (and curtains are closed) I would think nothing of quickly running downstairs before putting clothes on. Kids will jump in bed with us in the morning etc. I have 3 boys 6,7 & 8. My friend was astonished we do this and think the boys are too old now and I should start covering up. What are your views? My eldest has started getting more private closing the door when in the bath etc, only changing in his room which we respect and make sure the younger ones also understand he wants privacy. Am I scarring my kids for life as my friend suggested by letting them see my husband and I in our birthday suits at this age?

I grew up in a naked house.

It got less naked while I went through puberty and then after that me and my mum - not dad mainly - went naked again.

You just go with your children's cues. Tis normal in Scandinavia/Germany. They aren't scarred for life.

House of females here, I walk from my room to the bathroom naked and sometimes wanted around half naked, I sleep naked (no sex going on here), though I keep underwear near the bed after a incident where the cat was about to puke, ran down the stairs with him and chucked him out the front door, the man was outside .

Underwear goes on the line, I don't care who sees them, never even thought about it as everyone wears underwear (well most people).

I cover up for DSD (big pants and a tshirt for example) as she was brought up in a more modest family and I don't want her to feel uncomfortable. DH will always wear at least boxers in front of her.

Even now as an adult it wouldn't bother me to be naked in front of mum or sister or nieces if getting dressed and they were in the same room because that's normal for our family, but I wouldn't dress in front of my Dad and I don't remember seeing him naked.

I usually wander around naked in my own home when DSD isn't around.

Op I'm with you. I didn't cover up at that age either.

I started to be more careful when the dcs started to be a bit more uncomfortable.
I respect their privacy. They respect mine.

But with all that, if we are together in the same hotel room, we still have no issue getting undressed in front of each other. We just do the same thing that anyone would do in a communal changing room. You don't stare at each other!

(Dcs are Two boys and one girl btw. All of them teenagers now)

And sorry but lol at the idea that it's inappropriate to ever discuss sex with your child.
Probably the worst idea ever.

No I never did this at all but everyone is different.

Not something I have ever given much thought to, tbh.

We have teenage boys and all of us tend to wander around upstairs naked - when going from bathroom to bedroom or whatever.

My boys don't bat an eyelid and will come and chat to me when I'm in the bath, or vice versa. It's just the norm in our house.

This thread is fascinating for the variation in attitudes. I can't imagine that kind of casual nudity because my family wouldn't have dreamt of it - I remember as a young teenager being told to cover up when wearing pyjama bottoms and t-shirt. The 'indecency' was not putting on a bra under the t-shirt as soon as I got up, apparently. Just parents/siblings present, nobody else. So I'm very much on the private/prudish side as a result. Definitely wouldn't put my underwear out on the washing line. It doesn't bother me that other people are different, but it does surprise me, simply because it's so far from the norms I had growing up.

It's interesting to read the post about not putting their teenage daughters underwear on the line because her brothers friends might tease her about it. That I can understand. But generally I can't understand the whole attitude about not wanting to hang underwear on the line - but then I have a garden that is only overlooked by the neighbours on either side, and I don't feel worried about it.

I take my bra off everyday about 4ish when I get home. I can't stand wearing bras even though I'm a 30GG and have been fitted by Bravissimo etc. I just find them so uncomfy so I take them off. But if teenage dd has friends round then I keep my bra on! We don't have unexpected visitors etc.

I think it's interesting how different families are.

(I mean I still have my top on, but I take my bra off!)

I've not RTFT (though I had a good chuckle at the PP who assumed that the OP must have been having "Sex" to be naked in bed )
DH and I are naked in the bedroom (how I wish that actually did indicate we had recently had sex ) and bathroom and have never really thought to cover up. DS(13) is far more modest now but seems unconcerned about our lack of undercrackers. Admittedly his bedroom is at the front of the house so I would never pop in there in the buff but if we happen to meet on the landing then I refuse to scurry away in shame. He can either choose not to look or continue on his way as normal, our nudity is not flaunted under his nose it's just a day to day part of life

I grew up in a very NON naked household, always wore nightclothes etc. I met exH and discovered a whole world of naked sleepers and casual nudity . I gradually got more relaxed, the dc were brought up around nakedness, really not a big deal. They are all in their mid - late 20's now and don't appear scarred for life. They seem able to be relaxed about bodies while covering up appropriately in social situations. The girls certainly don't stay naked when male cousins or visitors are here, but wouldn't freak if I had to get something from a bathroom cupboard while they were in the shower - or vice versa.

We've always been naked in front of the children and still are now they're adults. They've always felt comfortable with nakedness too and are very proud of their beautiful bodies (OK, I'm biased). They have the absolute right to privacy but have never worried much; the boys perhaps a bit more more than the girls for a few years.
Now they are away from home, they're still ok about us seeing them as we pass a towel or hand over a new bottle of shampoo. They're ok if we pop from bedroom to hot tub in a towel and then drop it to get in - they'll chat to us whilst we're in but most chose not to join us unless we've a costume on. During teens they were happy skinny dipping alongside us if the occasion arose. I absolutely think being comfortable in your skin allows them to grow up confident in theirs - and even more important they see the flaws, the scars, the pudgy bits, the hairy bits etc. Keep naked as long as you want. It's healthier than squirrelling around pretending you haven't got a fully functioning body or are ashamed of it in some way.

I don't think it's a bad thing at all to bring children up to see normal bodies rather than photoshopped magazine pictures.

My DH and I sleep naked and just literally last week been on a naturist holiday. My 2 Dc are not comfortable with it so we cover up when necessary.

I have no problem with it. DDs are 16 and 13. We don't parade around naked but they'll walk into the bathroom if i'm in the shower or bath and I don't flinch and neither do they. Oldest locks door when she is in the bathroom though. If they walk in on me or DH getting dressed, they will say "Oh sorry!" but we carry on, we don't cover up. DH walks from bathroom to bedroom naked or with a towel round. It's just a body and I would rather they see REAL bodies than airbrushed ones.

I grew up in a naked house. Would regularly speak to my mum and dad when she was in the bath in my teens and (when home) in my twenties. If I didn't want them seeing me naked I would lock the door.
What's the issue?

My 11 yo DS sees me naked all the time, we only have 1 bathroom! No idea if his mother covers up for his benefit, I suspect not though lol.

melonscoffer we reverted straight back to our nakedness. Its just more comfy. I usually wear a t-shirt because I feel the cold but husband takes all his clothes off the minute he gets home, usually in the hall !

How fascinating! So, just genuinely curious here, what do you do when the Amazon delivery arrives/ shopping/postman or (as happened yesterday) You called to help an old man who had collapsed outside your house say or some other emergency? Is it not inconvient?
Also, do you sit on the soft furnishings in bare bottoms?

Our next door neighbour washes their underwear all together and with nothing else then hangs it out on the line with a peg in each corner - hers, then her husband's and then the two DCs. It's like a scene from Aliens Love Underpants

I've heard her teenage daughter complaining about it "like, it's so embarrassing Mum"

. I worry about my 2yr old seeing me naked.

WHY?

I think as long as you're all comfortable about it then it's fine, though children do need to know that other families are not so comfortable with nakedness by the ages of 6/7, when they start going on sleepovers, or obviously when you have guessed in your home.

Children also need to be taught that their bodies are their own, however, to protect them from abuse as sadly not all adults are to be trusted. But the more open you are about these things the more likely they are to tell you if something has happened that they're not comfortable with.

Children need to know bodies are natural and are all different. if you start hiding away from a 2 year old ,what message are you conveying?

I get dressed if I am aware there is a delivery.
The regular ones are shopping and medication.
Otherwise I never answer the door. This is not connected with being naked though.
I just never answer it anyway.

My house did once catch fire and burn through to the shell but I managed to grab a robe.
Ironically this left me with no clothes at all. Or any other possessions.

Hubby goes straight in the shower from work.
I don't work so have plenty of time for keeping myself bathed.
I use covers on the sofa and change them and then take them off for visitors to enjoy a non bottom free sofa. We never sit on the wing chairs anyway.
I have to add that we are spotlessly clean always.

*a bottom free sofa.