For some people trying to change their family destiny, the time to go totally nude at home comes when the young couple moves out on their own and raises kids of their own by their own house rules. If your parents or inlaws move in with you in their senior years, then you may have issues, but some houses have fully separate cottages or garage apartments, some houses have separate entrances, so there is room for compromise, even if the old folks move back in with you when they need some assistance. But if you really want these values for your children, then annual trips to a nude beach are not going to cut it. They need home nudity on a daily basis. To really instill your values, befriend a nudist family with kids and have them over to play with your kids on a regular basis. I would be willing to move closer to a nudist camp to ensure that it is not a once-a-year deal. People move to be in good school districts. If you make nude living a priority, you'll back your words with action.
Hi, I guess we have a completely different sight on which values family education should be based. You’re talking about nudity as a family rule to follow strictly. But I think raising children means to open ways to become thinking and deciding personalities, open minded and honest; to give them courage and confidence to try out things, to tell their thoughts etc. So for me family nudity – like a lot of other things – should be a possibility, an option, but not a rule. The only rules should be freedom, reliability and support. To say “you have to be naked at home” is not better than “you never should show your body to others”, I guess. Just my two cents ..
Pixy, posting is too brief to tell the entire philosophy in on comment. I hope that I can share more in this post than I was able to do in previous posts. Most of the values we teach, including values about the human body are taught by parental example and occasionally backed up verbally. When children are old enough to be free from diapers, but still small, nudists do not dress them as long as the house is warm. We all put on clothes for warmth and social situations among people outside our nudist culture. Certainly no child is allowed to be cold and uncomfortable.We provide a warm house and quilts and blankets at night. As children get older and become more assertive, we do not suddenly take a neutral stance about our values, but we give children more latitude about how to practice it in their own lives. Children taught critical thinking, tend to make good decisions on their own. At nudist camp, the reward for boldness is getting to swim and hang out with the other teens in the pool area. But the bashful kids are not "punished", they have other options elsewhere at camp. But with our summer heat, clearly the pool is the most refreshing option if you are bold enough to try it. The teen girls are often a little more confident in their bodies than the boys, but eventually the guys regain their confidence. It was that way with me. Mom and Dad don't have to say a word. When those boys see those cute teenage girls laughing and having fun in the pool, it is often incentive enough to peel off those clothes and join in the fun! When I entered my teens and openly expressed doubts about my body, my dad was there for me, counteracting the negativity with words of affirmation. When I worried about nudity, even my mom would reassure me that my body was like everyone else's and there was no need to feel self conscious. These words did not take the form of "rules", but were gentle booster shots, to reinforce positive self-image. My version of naturism is uniquely my own, but I owe a great debt of gratitude for the foundation my parents provided. I have no complaints about my upbringing.
Not at all, and when I met my husband's family I made sure that the first time they met me I was completely naked. At this point his whole extended family is used to seeing me without clothes. My own family is fairly used to it, but I had to break them in more slowly. For a while I wore pasties on my nipples or I just walked around bottomless so as not to completely shocked them. But now I don't wear any clothes at all.
All the people saying that they don't want to see their parents nude...no problem just move out on your own.
If they are at my house, then they already know I will be nude. But I am respectful when I go to there houses.