Kids and clothes...or lack thereof...

[Taxman10]

At what age should your kids no longer see you naked?

At what age should you no longer see your kids naked??

Does it matter if it's dad/daughter or mom/son??

[Deleted]

Birth

On a need to know basis after potty training

No

[Taxman10]

so this means i can get out of bath time right??

[milee]

Very dependent on family and what you are comfortable with.  As long as nobody is uncomfortable and proper boundaries (meaning no inappropriate physical contact) are maintained, this is a personal choice.  If anyone involved (either those seeing or those being seen) are uncomfortable then it's time to stop.   YMMV.

[973beachbum]

At what age should you no longer see your kids naked??

according to my son forever.

[muttleynfelix]

DS is difficult to bath. So around 18 months old, we started showering with him.  We still shower with him at 3.5 yo and I'll shower with him until he can either shower on his own or one of us is uncomfortable with it.  DH occasionally showers with DD (9 months). I figure we'll keep the same rules as with DS.  DS doesn't point out the differences in my body from his body, isn't obsessed with it, etc.  Showering together makes life easier. So, we'll continue down that road until it does not work any more.

[Miss Tequila]

Oct 16, 2013 14:38:09 GMT -5 Taxman10 said:

At what age should your kids no longer see you naked?

At what age should you no longer see your kids naked??

Does it matter if it's dad/daughter or mom/son??

I only have girls and they have no issue walking in on me when I am getting changed.  I don't think my husband ever changed in front of them once they were no longer babies.

I think you can see your kids naked until it makes them uncomfortable.

Yes, I would not want my 14 year old son to see me naked but I don't cxare if my 14 year old daughter does

[HoneyBBQ]

Oct 16, 2013 14:43:24 GMT -5 @beerwench said:

Birth

On a need to know basis after potty training

No

Seriously? My kid is going to potty train pretty early (maybe 2.5?) and I shouldn't see her naked at bathtime anymore? She's going to clean her ass and under her neck? 

[Wisconsin Beth]

Oddly, I was pondering this question today.  I haven't reached any conclusions yet. 

[Deleted]

"NEED TO KNOW" would include making sure their ass is poop free.

[Taxman10]

It's a good question to ponder Beth :-)

Good Lord Ratchets, I hope i wasn't on your potential babysitters list!!

[Taxman10]

Ugh - there is nothing I hate more than making sure asses are poop free... :-(

[Wisconsin Beth]

Oct 16, 2013 15:19:31 GMT -5 Taxman10 said:

Ugh - there is nothing I hate more than making sure asses are poop free... :-(

I hear ya buddy.  It's the main reason I'm declaring NO PUPPIES when we get a dog.  I'm not potty training anymore. 

[Miss Tequila]

Oct 16, 2013 15:13:48 GMT -5 Ratchets said:

<scratches Taxman off the list of potential babysitters>

I'm pretty sure he would violate Megan's law if he babysat your children

[whoisjohngalt]

Hmmm, I think my boys stopped seeing me naked once I stopped nursing them.

My oldest is 5 and 99% of the time it's me who gives him and his brothers showers. We never really did "bath"

I don't have girls, so don't know how I would feel.

[quince]

We sometimes go to nudist resorts, so....YMMV.

[whoisjohngalt]

Oct 16, 2013 16:38:33 GMT -5 quince said:

We sometimes go to nudist resorts, so....YMMV.

with your kids?

[quince]

Oct 16, 2013 16:41:05 GMT -5 whoisjohngalt said:

Oct 16, 2013 16:38:33 GMT -5 quince said:

We sometimes go to nudist resorts, so....YMMV.

with your kids?

Infant right now, but yes.

[giramomma]

Depends on the kid. I would say for DS, the modesty thing kicked in around age 8. My middle child, it hit around 5ish.

My youngest is 18 months. I try not to be completely naked around her. She has a thing for my boobs. Which I completely don't get since I didn't breastfeed.

[whoisjohngalt]

Oct 16, 2013 21:45:47 GMT -5 giramomma said:

Depends on the kid. I would say for DS, the modesty thing kicked in around age 8. My middle child, it hit around 5ish.

My youngest is 18 months. I try not to be completely naked around her. She has a thing for my boobs. Which I completely don't get since I didn't breastfeed.

That's why.  Don't people always want things they can't have ?

[Taxman10]

Last night was bath night, so at one point all three kids were running through the hall naked. which brings up a different question. What age should the kids stop seeing each other naked or will they kinda sort that out for themselves??

right now DD who's 5 and DS who's 3 think it's so fun/funny to be naked...I'm guessing they got that from me...but neither has pointed out any differences between them yet.

[gs11rmb]

A friend's husband decided he could no longer be naked in front of his 3-4 year old daughter (only child) after she asked him why his vagina looked like that?

[Deleted]

Contrary to honey bbq's interpretation of my quip, my kids (DD is 8 and DS is 7) still run around nekkid. 

They're not modest around the family but they are around people who don't live in the house (which is a good thing IMO!).

They will occasionally take a bath together when they want to play in the tub but they generally take separate showers.

I asked DH these questions yesterday and he answered pretty similar to me. We haven't really thought about at what age they should stop running around nekkid, but I guess they'll stop doing it themselves when they feel uncomfortable. 

[raeoflyte]

My 4 year old is pretty certain that his baby sister is going to grow a penis. That's a fun conversation.

[Wisconsin Beth]

I did talk to DH about this last night.  We didn't reach any conclusions beyond "If the kids are uncomfortable, it needs to change."

[GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl]

I have boys and was just going to roll with it until they expressed a natural need for modesty.  I gave them baths, but did try and keep myself appropriately modest once they began to notice our differences.  We're good parents -- there was never any inappropriate touching or looking or anything questionable.  Just normal everyday good hygiene practices (bathing, helping to wipe butts IF help was needed, insisting on daily underwear changes, generally overseeing daily dressing, etc.).  You know -- the everyday stuff that has to happen to get out the door in the morning.  

Then, some overzealous busybody teacher decided that the elementary kids needed a lesson on "self protection".  YDS -- about 5 at the time -- came home from school that day and became this uptight kid who now rarely takes his shirt off in front of anyone, never mind run around completely nekkid.  

I wanted my kids to be safely comfortable with their bodies.  YDS is now anything but.  Sometimes one can go really far overboard with the "self-protection" stuff.     Yes, kids need to know about good and bad touches and not to keep secrets about such stuff, etc.  But, they don't need to be terrified into into that knowledge.  

[moon/Laura]

My son decided on his own around the age of 9 or so that he didn't want mom or dad to see him naked anymore. I figure he no longer wants to see me naked either, which is fine. but if he did, i wouldn't freak out about it because i don't want him to think it's anything to be ashamed of.

[Taxman10]

Speaking of modesty. while i don't so much care if the kids run around the house naked at this point, we're trying to teach DD a little modesty whilest wearing a skirt....so far that adventure has not gone well....

[moon/Laura]

taxi, they make skirts that have shorts built in underneath. my niece (age 11) wears those all the time. maybe you can find something like that? or, sometimes she'll wear leggings...

[Deleted]

DD wears shorts under her skirt.