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From: tron@fluke.UUCP (Peter Barbee)
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Subject: Re: Pajamas needed?
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Date: Fri, 28-Jun-85 12:57:15 EDT
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[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