Pre-schoolers naked in front of each other

[mms164]

I'm new here and wasn't sure where to post this topic. Basically my boy is 5 and is at foundation stage 2. I just came to know that during swimming classes all the children (boys and girls) are put in one changing room and made to change in front of each other. My son came back telling me that his friends saw his private parts and didn't seem to be comfortable with it. I honestly don't feel it's the right thing to do so I had a word this morning with the head teacher and she kept assuring me that it's a normal thing and we shouldn't worry about it and that children are innocent. The thing is it's because the children are so innocent why expose them to nudity especially that children are very much curious at this age and don't understand many things!! I was further more shocked to know that this continues to happen up to year 4 when children are almost 8 years old .. am I the only one who thinks this is not normal!!! Should I escalate this and ask for it firmly to be stopped! My husband was telling how traumatized he was when a nude picture of a female fell into his hands when he was only 6 and had never seen female genitalia before and thought that the lady in the picture had an injury to her private parts and that they were cut by a knife and as a child he never spoke about it to anyone's s just grew with it.. I don't want something similar to happen to my child god forbids. I already tried explaining to my child what's the difference between boys and girls in general.. I really don't know how to deal with this.. any help or advise??!

Where we live school is from year 1-12.. anything below that is referred to as pre-school.. I'm guessing most replies are from the states!!!

I bring up my child teaching him that his private parts are private and no one should be seeing it unless it's mummy, daddy, a doctor or someone might mummy allows them to, I also believe that the school's policy is contradicting that. Also, since my child is uncomfortable with the idea that others are seeing his private parts that assures me that he is mature enough to understand what being nude is and he deserves to be respected. The swimming pool is within the schools premises and there are plenty for changing rooms.
No my child hasn't seen me completely naked and hasn't been exposed to female genitalia before, not that I'm trying to forbid that from happening as I know for sure it will happen sooner or later but I at least wanted to have word with my child making sure he understands why boys and girls have different parts and that that's a normal thing before he starts imagining and assuming like what had happened to his father for example..

Wow, you and your DH have clearly passed on a lot of your neuroses to your son.

"I bring up my child teaching him that his private parts are private and no one should be seeing it unless it's mummy, daddy, a doctor or someone might mummy allows them to"

Actually what you should have taught him is that no one should be touching his private parts or making him do anything that is uncomfortable. Changing for PE should be normal. I don't parade my 5 year old around naked after his swimming lesson but neither do I shield his penis from the (mixed) changing room of 4-8 year olds. Cos that would just be strange.

The idea that you have never been naked in front of your own child blows my mind. I'm no hippy and I expect I will phase it out naturally as they get older as wouldn't want to make my sons uncomfortable, but at that age?

Is your husband John Ruskin?

Wow youve never been naked in front of your child ! How have you managed that ??
I can't take a bath in peace without my 5 year old ds finding me, seeing my bath, stripping off and dive bombing in to join me whether I like it or not