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From: charliep@polaris.UUCP (Charlie Perkins)
Newsgroups: net.kids,net.rec.nude
Subject: nudity and kids
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Date: Mon, 24-Jun-85 18:21:17 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun 24 18:21:17 1985
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I have been recently presented with an urgent need to discover
whether nudism causes any adverse effects on children.  I have
read the book, "The Naked Child" by Dennis Smith (I think that's
his name), but anecdotal evidence is not sufficient.
I am personally biased to believe that there are not any such
effects (on the contrary -- I think that if there are any effects,
they are very positive).  But, I am seriously interested in any
relevant information.

Please note that I am NOT specifically requesting information about
sex, legalities, religion, or subjective experience.
I believe that these topics, while often connected with nudism
in interesting ways, are not centrally important to this issue.
For example, a story of nudist parents who had incestuous relations
with their children would, to me, be sad but inconclusive; but a pointer
to a study showing that children of nudist parents were more likely to
end up (well-adjusted, or divorced, or overachievers, or whatever...)
would be of interest.

Please mail any replies to me directly; I will gladly summarize any
responses and post them to the net later.

Thanks for any help.