nakedness and children

[Kilomech]

HelloNoora

Kilomech

Hepzeba

froggymama89

Is it Ok to be naked around your own children even if you have no sexual intent? what about around babies? What about taking a bath together? What are your thoughts on parents who walk around th house topless, allow their kids to see them go to the restroom, or take baths with their children?

I walk around naked in front of my children, but then I also breastfed them until they were five years old. I think that one should be considerate of the feelings of others. My son told me that it bothered him, so now I cover myself with a kimono whne he is around or give a heads up that I am coming out naked to grab something so he can avert his gaze.

Am I the only parent here that thinks this is very, very weird?

It is "wierd" in a culture where babies are given bottles instead of the breast but not in cultures where nurturance comes primarily from the breast, no. The culture is all F'ed up when it thinks that breasts are dangerous for children.

Oh, no, I didn't mean the breastfeeding. Breastfeeding is very healthy and natural. But why do it for five years?

[froggymama89]

Kilomech

HelloNoora

Kilomech

Hepzeba

froggymama89

Is it Ok to be naked around your own children even if you have no sexual intent? what about around babies? What about taking a bath together? What are your thoughts on parents who walk around th house topless, allow their kids to see them go to the restroom, or take baths with their children?

I walk around naked in front of my children, but then I also breastfed them until they were five years old. I think that one should be considerate of the feelings of others. My son told me that it bothered him, so now I cover myself with a kimono whne he is around or give a heads up that I am coming out naked to grab something so he can avert his gaze.

Am I the only parent here that thinks this is very, very weird?

It is "wierd" in a culture where babies are given bottles instead of the breast but not in cultures where nurturance comes primarily from the breast, no. The culture is all F'ed up when it thinks that breasts are dangerous for children.

Oh, no, I didn't mean the breastfeeding. Breastfeeding is very healthy and natural. But why do it for five years?

actually it is normal to breastfeed a child to the age of 5 in a culture where food is scarce. Since you only need 200 extra calories a day to breastfeed and a 5 year old child needs closer to 1000.

[Kaiju Returns]

froggymama89

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froggymama89

Is it Ok to be naked around your own children even if you have no sexual intent? what about around babies? What about taking a bath together? What are your thoughts on parents who walk around th house topless, allow their kids to see them go to the restroom, or take baths with their children?

Depends on how hot the mom is.

how does the physical attractiveness of the mother affect weather or not it is ok to bathe with her baby or show her toddler how to use the restroom or be in the nude around them?

You asked me for my thoughts on the matter. I need to know what kind of parents I'm thinking of here before I can tell you.

[Kilomech]

froggymama89

Kilomech

HelloNoora

Kilomech

Hepzeba

froggymama89

Is it Ok to be naked around your own children even if you have no sexual intent? what about around babies? What about taking a bath together? What are your thoughts on parents who walk around th house topless, allow their kids to see them go to the restroom, or take baths with their children?

I walk around naked in front of my children, but then I also breastfed them until they were five years old. I think that one should be considerate of the feelings of others. My son told me that it bothered him, so now I cover myself with a kimono whne he is around or give a heads up that I am coming out naked to grab something so he can avert his gaze.

Am I the only parent here that thinks this is very, very weird?

It is "wierd" in a culture where babies are given bottles instead of the breast but not in cultures where nurturance comes primarily from the breast, no. The culture is all F'ed up when it thinks that breasts are dangerous for children.

Oh, no, I didn't mean the breastfeeding. Breastfeeding is very healthy and natural. But why do it for five years?

actually it is normal to breastfeed a child to the age of 5 in a culture where food is scarce. Since you only need 200 extra calories a day to breastfeed and a 5 year old child needs closer to 1000.

Okay, once again I ask, why do it for five years? I seriously doubt food is scarce for her.

Breastfeeding is normal and healthy. But when Junior comes home from kindergarten asking for a snack from mommy's breast, it just gets weird. You're going to give him a complex. All the medical texts I've read recommended permanently weaning after 1 year, and starting weaning after the first six months, on other foods (cereals, etc).

And uh...actually you need more than 250 calories a day to breastfeed. Breastfeeding requires about 1,000 calories a day.

[froggymama89]

Kaiju Returns

froggymama89

Kaiju Returns

froggymama89

Is it Ok to be naked around your own children even if you have no sexual intent? what about around babies? What about taking a bath together? What are your thoughts on parents who walk around th house topless, allow their kids to see them go to the restroom, or take baths with their children?

Depends on how hot the mom is.

how does the physical attractiveness of the mother affect weather or not it is ok to bathe with her baby or show her toddler how to use the restroom or be in the nude around them?

You asked me for my thoughts on the matter. I need to know what kind of parents I'm thinking of here before I can tell you.

I'm talking any parent in general who does not have sexual intentions. I am asking you have looks are a factor in the effect if any on a child? How would looking like supermodel be better or worse than someone "ugly"?

[Yuudai Youta]

I think it's important to make sure that a child knows that they should be comfortable with their bodies, and it's up to the parents to teach them that.
Some people in this thread are making nakedness seem like the worst thing in the entire world, when it's actually the most natural thing in the whole world.
A baby doesn't know any better. In fact, children would rather run around naked than actually wear clothes most of the time. Obviously, at a certain age, it is time to wear clothes, and it is time for the parents to wear clothes around their children. Still, it is immature to think that being naked is 'icky', especially if it's your mother who raised you.

[Methcalarjalope]

Kilomech

HelloNoora

Kilomech

Hepzeba

froggymama89

Is it Ok to be naked around your own children even if you have no sexual intent? what about around babies? What about taking a bath together? What are your thoughts on parents who walk around th house topless, allow their kids to see them go to the restroom, or take baths with their children?

I walk around naked in front of my children, but then I also breastfed them until they were five years old. I think that one should be considerate of the feelings of others. My son told me that it bothered him, so now I cover myself with a kimono whne he is around or give a heads up that I am coming out naked to grab something so he can avert his gaze.

Am I the only parent here that thinks this is very, very weird?

It is "wierd" in a culture where babies are given bottles instead of the breast but not in cultures where nurturance comes primarily from the breast, no. The culture is all F'ed up when it thinks that breasts are dangerous for children.

Oh, no, I didn't mean the breastfeeding. Breastfeeding is very healthy and natural. But why do it for five years?

Age 0 through 4? Why not? For one thing I could always shut them up by poking a titty in their mouths. Breast feeding is hella healthy for the breasts. Mine are in perfect condition and I have much lower risk of breast cancer for using them all those years for the purpose they have evolved.

[Kaiju Returns]

froggymama89

Kaiju Returns

froggymama89

Kaiju Returns

froggymama89

Is it Ok to be naked around your own children even if you have no sexual intent? what about around babies? What about taking a bath together? What are your thoughts on parents who walk around th house topless, allow their kids to see them go to the restroom, or take baths with their children?

Depends on how hot the mom is.

how does the physical attractiveness of the mother affect weather or not it is ok to bathe with her baby or show her toddler how to use the restroom or be in the nude around them?

You asked me for my thoughts on the matter. I need to know what kind of parents I'm thinking of here before I can tell you.

I'm talking any parent in general who does not have sexual intentions. I am asking you have looks are a factor in the effect if any on a child? How would looking like supermodel be better or worse than someone "ugly"?

I'm not even going to touch that middle sentence, but in response to the third, well, simple. Good looking people look better naked- that's WHY we call them "good looking". As such, it's generally better, certainly more pleasing, to see a good looking person naked than an ugly one.

[froggymama89]

Kilomech

froggymama89

Kilomech

HelloNoora

Kilomech

Am I the only parent here that thinks this is very, very weird?

It is "wierd" in a culture where babies are given bottles instead of the breast but not in cultures where nurturance comes primarily from the breast, no. The culture is all F'ed up when it thinks that breasts are dangerous for children.

Oh, no, I didn't mean the breastfeeding. Breastfeeding is very healthy and natural. But why do it for five years?

actually it is normal to breastfeed a child to the age of 5 in a culture where food is scarce. Since you only need 200 extra calories a day to breastfeed and a 5 year old child needs closer to 1000.

Okay, once again I ask, why do it for five years? I seriously doubt food is scarce for her.

Breastfeeding is normal and healthy. But when Junior comes home from kindergarten asking for a snack from mommy's breast, it just gets weird. You're going to give him a complex. All the medical texts I've read recommended permanently weaning after 1 year, and starting weaning after the first six months, on other foods (cereals, etc).

And uh...actually you need more than 250 calories a day to breastfeed. Breastfeeding requires about 1,000 calories a day.

breastfeeding requires only 200 extra calories trust me this comes from several medical texts, my midwife, and my pediatritian. I cannot answer for her. There is no conclusive evidence that breastfeeding at age 5 is in fact detromental to the child. While I don't agree with it I won't stop someone else. And it is recommended that you wean between 6 and 24 months depending on the child.

[Kilomech]

Methcalarjalope

Kilomech

HelloNoora

Kilomech

Hepzeba

froggymama89

Is it Ok to be naked around your own children even if you have no sexual intent? what about around babies? What about taking a bath together? What are your thoughts on parents who walk around th house topless, allow their kids to see them go to the restroom, or take baths with their children?

I walk around naked in front of my children, but then I also breastfed them until they were five years old. I think that one should be considerate of the feelings of others. My son told me that it bothered him, so now I cover myself with a kimono whne he is around or give a heads up that I am coming out naked to grab something so he can avert his gaze.

Am I the only parent here that thinks this is very, very weird?

It is "wierd" in a culture where babies are given bottles instead of the breast but not in cultures where nurturance comes primarily from the breast, no. The culture is all F'ed up when it thinks that breasts are dangerous for children.

Oh, no, I didn't mean the breastfeeding. Breastfeeding is very healthy and natural. But why do it for five years?

Age 0 through 4? Why not? For one thing I could always shut them up by poking a titty in their mouths. Breast feeding is hella healthy for the breasts. Mine are in perfect condition and I have much lower risk of breast cancer for using them all those years for the purpose they have evolved.

WEAN YOUR CHILDREN ALREADY.

[Kilomech]

froggymama89

Kilomech

froggymama89

Kilomech

HelloNoora

Kilomech

Am I the only parent here that thinks this is very, very weird?

It is "wierd" in a culture where babies are given bottles instead of the breast but not in cultures where nurturance comes primarily from the breast, no. The culture is all F'ed up when it thinks that breasts are dangerous for children.

Oh, no, I didn't mean the breastfeeding. Breastfeeding is very healthy and natural. But why do it for five years?

actually it is normal to breastfeed a child to the age of 5 in a culture where food is scarce. Since you only need 200 extra calories a day to breastfeed and a 5 year old child needs closer to 1000.

Okay, once again I ask, why do it for five years? I seriously doubt food is scarce for her.

Breastfeeding is normal and healthy. But when Junior comes home from kindergarten asking for a snack from mommy's breast, it just gets weird. You're going to give him a complex. All the medical texts I've read recommended permanently weaning after 1 year, and starting weaning after the first six months, on other foods (cereals, etc).

And uh...actually you need more than 250 calories a day to breastfeed. Breastfeeding requires about 1,000 calories a day.

breastfeeding requires only 200 extra calories trust me this comes from several medical texts, my midwife, and my pediatritian. I cannot answer for her. There is no conclusive evidence that breastfeeding at age 5 is in fact detromental to the child. While I don't agree with it I won't stop someone else. And it is recommended that you wean between 6 and 24 months depending on the child.

What a coincidence, I've read in several medical texts that it requires 1,000 calories a day to breastfeed.

And I cannot stop it. I can't walk up to a woman and say, "Hey, stop that!" She'll hit me with her purse. But I think I am quite justified in saying that, in this day and age, breastfeeding until kindergarten or even preschool is way too long. What nutritional benefits does it give the child to continue to breastfeed that long?

[froggymama89]

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froggymama89

Kaiju Returns

froggymama89

Kaiju Returns

froggymama89

Is it Ok to be naked around your own children even if you have no sexual intent? what about around babies? What about taking a bath together? What are your thoughts on parents who walk around th house topless, allow their kids to see them go to the restroom, or take baths with their children?

Depends on how hot the mom is.

how does the physical attractiveness of the mother affect weather or not it is ok to bathe with her baby or show her toddler how to use the restroom or be in the nude around them?

You asked me for my thoughts on the matter. I need to know what kind of parents I'm thinking of here before I can tell you.

I'm talking any parent in general who does not have sexual intentions. I am asking you have looks are a factor in the effect if any on a child? How would looking like supermodel be better or worse than someone "ugly"?

I'm not even going to touch that middle sentence, but in response to the third, well, simple. Good looking people look better naked- that's WHY we call them "good looking". As such, it's generally better, certainly more pleasing, to see a good looking person naked than an ugly one.

Yes but we are talking about babies children who have not taught what is attractive. and parents which they shouldn't find attractive. Physical attraction is all about sex and therefore looks should not be a factor in weather or not it is Ok to be nude around your own children without sexual intentions. If there are no sexual intentions they one would not care if they are hot or not and the child certainly wouldn't because I have yet to meet a 3 year old who cared what their mommies boobs looked like or even thought their mom was ugly.

[Kilomech]

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froggymama89

Kaiju Returns

froggymama89

Kaiju Returns

froggymama89

Is it Ok to be naked around your own children even if you have no sexual intent? what about around babies? What about taking a bath together? What are your thoughts on parents who walk around th house topless, allow their kids to see them go to the restroom, or take baths with their children?

Depends on how hot the mom is.

how does the physical attractiveness of the mother affect weather or not it is ok to bathe with her baby or show her toddler how to use the restroom or be in the nude around them?

You asked me for my thoughts on the matter. I need to know what kind of parents I'm thinking of here before I can tell you.

I'm talking any parent in general who does not have sexual intentions. I am asking you have looks are a factor in the effect if any on a child? How would looking like supermodel be better or worse than someone "ugly"?

I'm not even going to touch that middle sentence, but in response to the third, well, simple. Good looking people look better naked- that's WHY we call them "good looking". As such, it's generally better, certainly more pleasing, to see a good looking person naked than an ugly one.

This is true, but we're hopefully talking about very young children who won't be looking at their parents and wondering if they are attractive or not.

[Michael Noire]

if you kids can talk, they are too old for either you or them to be naked in the same room unless they've been injured, frost bitten, etc.

[froggymama89]

Michael Noire

if you kids can talk, they are too old for either you or them to be naked in the same room unless they've been injured, frost bitten, etc.

My son can say Mama, Dada, Baba, and Ma-ee(the cat's name is marley) does this mean I shouldn't take a bath with my 8 month old? If not then at what level of speech development is not ok to get in the tub with your kids?