Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2.fluke 9/24/84; site vax1.fluke.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!tektronix!uw-beaver!fluke!tron From: tron@fluke.UUCP (Peter Barbee) Newsgroups: net.kids Subject: Re: Pajamas needed? Message-ID: <1067@vax1.fluke.UUCP> Date: Fri, 28-Jun-85 12:57:15 EDT Article-I.D.: vax1.1067 Posted: Fri Jun 28 12:57:15 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 5-Jul-85 05:25:39 EDT References: <1201@utcsri.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc., Everett, WA Lines: 23 [please pull the soapbox over here, thanks] I don't think kids get embarrassed by seeing their parents nude. I think our parents (generalized) got embarassed when their kids saw them nude and made the story up. We have always been very open with our daughter, to the point of allowing her to wander into the bathroom when one of us is using it, and she is now (age 4 1/2) very comfortable with her body and ours. I will admit that I had to overide some social conditioning to act comfortable as she pointed at my penis and wanted to know what it was and why I had one. My discomfort continued when she wanted to know what it felt like. I overcame that minor embarrassement which now allows easy openess and very little self-consciencness. It may be that I am more open than many people however, I now live in a shared household (I'm divorced) and still sleep in the nude. It is also interesting to note that Katie is developing more modesty, I chalk it up to the unfortunate lessons that the daycare must teach her concerning strangers and child-molesting etc. I also think our daycare probably feeds them a bit of guilt about their bodies but it doesn't appear to be too much. Take care, Peter B