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From: jeanette@randvax.UUCP (Jeanette Haritan)
Newsgroups: net.rec.nude
Subject: Re: Nudist life style
Message-ID: <119@randvax.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 14-Mar-86 15:03:26 EST
Article-I.D.: randvax.119
Posted: Fri Mar 14 15:03:26 1986
Date-Received: Mon, 17-Mar-86 04:05:58 EST
References: <588@ittvax.UUCP> <83200002@siemens.UUCP> <1819@hammer.UUCP> <2567@genat.UUCP> <683@frog.UUCP>
Reply-To: jeanette@rand-unix.UUCP (Jeanette Haritan)
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Keywords: children, eating in front of

In article <683@frog.UUCP> wjr@frog.UUCP (STella Calvert) writes:
>In article <2567@genat.UUCP> phoenix@genat.UUCP () writes:
>>In article <1819@hammer.UUCP> tekecs!doghouse.TEK!snoopy writes:
>>>In article <83200002@siemens.UUCP> jar@siemens.UUCP writes:
>>>> There's nothing against being nude in front of your kids but I
>>>> think there should NEVER be ANY sexual activities in front of them.
>>>Ah, teaching the kids that nudity is okay, but sex is dirty.
>>I think it more to the point that sex is not *dirty*, but PRIVATE!!!
>
>OK, so riddle me this -- why is eating (another enjoyable biofunction)
>not only not private, but downright social?
>
>I think the "sex is private" argument begs an important question -- if
>it's not "dirty", why is it necessarily more private than other
>activities?  You mean you let your kids watch you EAT?
>
>I really didn't think anything could shock me, but I guess I was
>wrong.  Eating in front of _children_?
>
I don't think that is a realistic comparison.  Kids understand eating.  Kids
eat!  I don't know many kids (within certain age groups) who know about
sex, or understand sex.  I'm really talking about small, small children.

Lots of times, if a child walks in on the act, he or she thinks something
violent is going on (distorted faces, groaning).  I think it would be an
easy misinterpretation, and no child enjoys seeing his/her parents angry
with each other.

Noone knows for certain how their kids would react, but why risk it.

As far as the nudity goes, why risk THAT also?  Would you walk around naked
in front of your kids just to prove a point?  And if so, then would you
do the same when they had friends over?  What's the difference if you're
trying to teach them that the body is NOT dirty?

I'm going through this nudity business now.  My oldest child is 2 1/2.
About a month ago, I was bending over to pick up my shirt.  He ran over,
pulled on my right breast, and delightfully screamed, "beep beep". 8*}
When I'm in doubt (I certainly do not want my kids to have body
hang-ups...so to speak 8*) ) I tend to look back at what my folks did.  My
parents never ran around nude, but if we caught them running barea**ed
from room to room, they never acted embarassed.  And we all grew up with
no shame for our bodies.

-- 
jeannette haritan

yeah sure