It's very disheartening the naughtiness we put on nakedness as a society.

Especially when graphic violence is A-okay, but the nude body is somehow completely scandalous. Janet Jackson has nipples! OH MY GOD. It's ridiculous.

I lost a lot of modesty thanks to childbirth. Jake's birth was at a teaching hospital, and there was a freaking army of people in the room at various stages. When it comes to medical professionals, even the massage therapist I went to recently, I just can't be bothered to get worked up about it.

Every so often I feel like I'm breaking some rule by being naked around Emeline after a shower or what have you.

I think it's fine. My mom was very casual about it with me, in a private way -- she didn't walk around the house naked, but we had discussions about bodies, I saw her going to the bathroom, etc. I've been the same way with Sara, and I think it's one of the only ways to make it seem as natural as it is, especially when they have questions (which they always do when they're little).

My parents, fine, upstanding Lutherans, would often be naked around us. The last time when I was about 12 when my mom and I were in a sauna.

eta: And when I was about 4, I saw my mom bleeding on the toilet, so she explained that to me....

Gerard Way. Adam Lambert. Johnny Weir.

I just wanted to look at it again.

When I was seven I thought my Father had three penises.

Which made sense since he had three children...

Nobody had told me about testicles.

(ftr: not scarred)

Heh.

I thought it was weird how big my dad's penis was, and how much pubic hair he had.

(not scarred either)

This woman who I really like has five yo triplets and a 2 yo. I read her blog. Anyway, earlier this week she was talking about them bathing together and making sure the bubbles were up to their necks and "eyes front". I really like her and don't think of her as aprude but I thought that was so weird. They are only five. FTR, my kids bathe together every night and know all about each others parts (in an age appropriate way).

I had seen porno mags before I saw my dad's penis so I was a little freaked out and my mom had to explain that dad wasn't circumcised... but I'm OK now.

I can remember taking baths with my brother. My parents were both pretty modest, but I helped take care of my father at the end of his life so not so much modesty there. I don't walk around naked in the house anymore, but I don't close my door when changing either. I'll take my bathing suit off outside and wrap in a towel. Viewer beware. If the boys need to talk to me and I happen to be changing they just stare at the ceiling or whatever. We are all pretty casual about it.

Teppy is wise.

When Scrappy calls you wise that's pretty good stuff.

Good to see progress being made, askye.

There was more, but I am too tired to scroll back.

My family was always crazy modest--not only with the seeing but the talking. Hell we didn't even ask mom for tampons/pads, we just took from her stash and hoped she replenished. But these days I'm very blasé about showing my tits. Belly, less so, but tits? Eh, they're just tits. Body in general, I'm fairly immodest really. Especially if it's not a showing off thing--are we just changing? Then who gives a crap?

Askye, I got the same "don't react, the bullies only do it because..." bullshit as a kid too. Which I think is SHITTY advice for a seven year old. Adults should fucking do their jobs and stop the bullies and punish them and not expect superhuman feats of maturity when small children are being TORMENTED by their peers!

I got "they're doing it because they're hurting inside and it makes them feel better to pick on someone else." It didn't help.