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- BigManOnCampus, on 10/11/2007, -5/+185Children are harmed by parental behavior when it distorts the reality they should be learning.
Is it wrong to be naked in front of your kids? That depends on why you are naked. Are you naked because you simply desire not to wear clothes? Are you naked because you simply are not ashamed of your body? In such cases I can't see the harm.
If, however, you are naked in a context that they cannot yet understand, or due to some other parental issues you have, you could be harming your kids.
Kids want to go naked anyway, they have to be taught to be ashamed of themselves.
I don't buy this for a second: "Too much exposure might also overstimulate a child, stirring up sexual excitement along with Oedipal anxiety"
Right... like seeing my mother naked was going to give me an erection... uhm, NO. - yish, on 10/10/2007, -6/+114bullocks. Exposing your children to your sagging midriff is no where as bad as exposing them to your bizarre religion, skewed morals or hypocritical politics.
- Sophistifunk, on 10/10/2007, -8/+103That is so ***** up it's not funny. SEEING NAKED PEOPLE WILL NEVER UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES CAUSE SOMEBODY HARM. ***** prudes.
- derforseti, on 10/10/2007, -1/+96It seems to me that it would be hard to separate western bias from this sort of exploration. The definition of 'harm' could be quite subjective.
- sparkleyflowers, on 10/10/2007, -2/+96It could be argued that the parents who feel their children would be harmed by seeing them naked are doing the real harm here. Passing on negative body image issues, IMO, is harmful to children. Teaching children to be ashamed of themselves is harmful.
- Cherubim, on 10/10/2007, -1/+88Kids don't have hangups about nudity. Unlike adults.
- Lochie, on 10/10/2007, -4/+81Harmed by seeing their parents naked? Of course not.
Harmed by seeing Britney Spears naked. Hell yes. - Torx, on 10/10/2007, -7/+59My dad is hung, im tainted because i cant follow in his footsteps.
- art42, on 10/10/2007, -1/+51I've got friends that went naked around and with their sons often. Most of their neighbors had similar attitudes. The kids didn't seem to be harmed at all. In fact it seemed to make the kids more comfortable with their own bodies. When the boys were young they didn't seem to give a second thought to nudity. As they grew they were not as obsessed with nudity (and breasts) as most males - they'd look and show some interest, but no slack jaw drooling...
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+46Seeing relatives nude? No, no hurt here, not even warped perception of the world. The old dude at the YMCA locker rooms? Ohoho, yes; painful.
- ChileanGoD, on 10/10/2007, -2/+47When your children are old enough they will let you know when to stop:
(Michel, 15 years of age):.. "mom... dad... seriously... you can now stop wondering naked in the house". - Identity4, on 10/10/2007, -1/+40well, they've seen them before. I think most of the adolescent predilection towards female anatomy is based on the "taboo" factor. OOH....BOOBIES...YAY. Well, these kids have been exposed to them at an earlier age, thus its not such a big deal to them. Our normal response to nudity is a cultural response, not a natural one.
*spell checks* BOOYA! one mispelled word, and drunker than ***** :) - riverminx, on 10/10/2007, -0/+35If seeing the human body were seriously damaging to children...every last human on earth for the last however many years humans have been here would be seriously damaged!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Why do people continue to try to regulate and demonize every little thing in life! Was the woman having sex when they saw her or just walking from the bath to the bedroom? If not the former...then the idiot attorneys (who are of course going to try every last little thing they can to raise their fees) are way out of line. What parent hasn't had their kid(s) see them as they were born? I would think that the only people who truly have a problem with this are people without children, because anyone with kids knows that these things happen....how many times have you caught a college roommate running around in the buff? or a friend? or a team mate?
- Loonacy, on 10/10/2007, -4/+37"according to a former bodyguard, regularly parades around them in the nude."
The real question is: She goes around nude even when her bodyguard is around? And how does THAT affect her children, seeing her nude in front of a stranger? - carpespasm, on 10/10/2007, -3/+35why? does he leave 3 "foot prints"?
- moxley, on 10/10/2007, -1/+32The answer is very simple: NO.
As long as it's not someone molesting or sexually exploiting them.
What they may be harmed by, is society imposing hangups and shame on them. - webgeek2point0, on 10/10/2007, -1/+27Actually, the real question is: "Are bodyguards harmed by seeing their employers naked?"
- zediker, on 10/10/2007, -0/+25Hasnt this already been answered? I mean tribal societies around the world have basically proven that there are no problems with not wearing much if any clothing from a psychological standpoint. The only thing that causes harm is the society that views it as harmful...
- adooga, on 10/10/2007, -0/+24Oh you Americans and your funny sexual hang-ups.
- jukarttu, on 10/10/2007, -0/+24How about cultures where nudity is not a taboo?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_sauna
"It is common for teenagers to stop going to sauna with their parents at some point" - gabrielg01, on 10/10/2007, -1/+21There were numerous native cultures where nakedness was absolutely normal. People were not psychotic nor hysterical about seeing other naked people. We created this bizarre culture through religion and "morals".
- kirstyjayne, on 10/10/2007, -0/+20Please. Americans are such prudes. Why is there so much shame with nudity?
- madcreator, on 10/10/2007, -2/+22Does this imply that she was also regularly parading around in front of her bodyguard? Cause, you know, that would be kind of weird.
- mlostracco, on 10/10/2007, -0/+20Also, if children ask questions about it, ANSWER THEM, and make sure they know the difference between what is acceptable touching by other people and what isn't. If you're open about these sort of things and haven't ingrained a sense of shame about body parts, your child will be better off and more likely to come to you for help if—God forbid—someone is touching them inappropriately.
- X-Istence, on 10/10/2007, -1/+20Harmed, no, not anymore than I was harmed by being tricked into going to goatse, lemonparty, hai2u, jap scat porn. Why is it that anything related to nudity in the United States is considered such taboo? Why is it considered something that is evil and should be punished?
Europe sees America as a bunch of war loving, people hating, violent people, whereas Americans see Europeans as sluts and whores.
A movie with a ton of guns, violence and other such items. PG-13, but show a bit of side-boob, R, NC17! Whereas in Europe, if a movie has violence, the movie is rated 15, if it has sex and other nudity but no violence, 12, or 6.
The mind set that all nudity is wrong is what is harming kids, they are fearing their body, how they look, and they are afraid now that other people will not like the way they look (will affect relationships). Their self esteem will drop, and cause even more problems. Then again, ask pharm. companies, and there are never enough people that are not on anti-depressants! - Pixelante, on 10/10/2007, -2/+20"Are Children Harmed By Seeing Their Parents Naked?"
No. Probably just disappointed. - lifendeath, on 10/10/2007, -2/+20Is she looking for a bodyguard now??
- TheColonel, on 10/10/2007, -2/+20Yes? How so? How does that fit with all those other cultures that don't WEAR clothes? Nudist families? African and other countries where clothes, or at least, upper clothing, is not part of normal attire? All their kids are harmed?
- MacEnvy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+18Nah dude, your mom looks great naked. Trust me.
- theexitwound, on 10/10/2007, -0/+17It's acutally an adjective. That's why it's an odd choice for a verb.
- jonnyeh, on 10/10/2007, -0/+16You sure about that?
- motorhead9999, on 10/10/2007, -2/+18Loonacy had it right. The issue is not that Britney's kids have seen her naked or such. The big issue is that Britney apparantly has frequent parties where she'll expose herself or prance around naked and hook up with random people in front of her kids. Thats the big issue. She's appearing naked in a manner and environment which COULD be construed as harmful to the children. I've also read a story where she went to some magazine interview/shoot and left the door open when she went to the can where everyone can see her. There's obviously something unhealthy there. There are also allegations of drug use in front of them, which is probably a more major thing.
- Herostratos, on 10/10/2007, -4/+20I know....
They write: "she reportedly feeds her children junk food, whitens their teeth, and, according to a former bodyguard, regularly parades around them in the nude. "
The first two is arguably very damaging to a child, the last one a bit indecent, at best - so what do we focus on?
"What effect does parental nudity have on a young child?" - 029JO, on 10/10/2007, -0/+15Do you know what really bothers me: I don't really care what and how Brittany raises her kids but its in the news every single day... you know what does bother me though there are so many kids out there that are allot worse off than Brittany's kids and chances are you will never hear about it......ever
- adooga, on 10/10/2007, -0/+15Well done.
- jcastle, on 10/10/2007, -1/+16Adam Carolla used to say on Loveline that you should let your kids see your schwanz once when they're young enough to be small and old enough to remember. That way your son will grow up thinkin he's gonna be set once puberty hits and he won't be so worried about it
- vault, on 10/10/2007, -6/+20Well in this case isn't it just because she's in a stupor all the time? I really don't think the Britney trainwreck should be around children.
- valosdarling666, on 10/10/2007, -0/+13only if the parents completely flip out if and when the child sees a naked body, will the child have adverse effects to seeing a naked body.
- chyya, on 10/10/2007, -5/+18paging chris crocker...
- Konstantino, on 10/10/2007, -2/+14Well, to be perfectly honest, if I saw my Mother in the nude, I'd be a little scarred.
- Scorps111, on 10/10/2007, -5/+17ive seen many members of my family naked never harmed me. walking in bathroom at young ages not relising people where in DID it harm me NOOO No NO NO NOOOOOOO.
- charlie55, on 10/10/2007, -3/+15jesus christ the overanalysis. spears may be a bad parent, but it isnt because she doesnt hide her evil nakedness from her kids.
psychology needs to be turned into a 2 year community college degree only. it is so simple that you are left with nothing to do except make stuff up to justify your existence. - toastmonster, on 10/10/2007, -2/+13totally! I also call bollocks on the idea of parental nudity being more harmful to kids than things like religeon etc. Quite the contrary, I think kids develop a large amount of their self confidence in their own bodies from their parents being unashamed of theirs, in an appropriate way of course, like say around bath time or whatever.
- SmokedL, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12Now this is 'funny'.
The great majority here appear to realize that there is nothing shameful or harmful about seeing a human body. But apparently that only goes if you keep it in the family?
Seeing a stranger seeing someone in your family nude, now that's harmful?
I would love too see an explanation for that that does not base itself on "morals" out of a certain very very out of date book. Let's see an explanation based on facts/science and logic huh? - Dylan47, on 10/10/2007, -8/+18I was harmed after seeing YOUR mum naked!! ZING
- jellygraph, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10What a stupid question...
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10Yes, small children look to their parents' responses to determine how they should react to new things. So, basically, this is a self-fulfilling prophesy. If you react like you think it's going to harm them... they will react as if it is a harmful/shameful experience. If you act calmly and rationally, they won't have a problem with it.
- Hoxie, on 10/10/2007, -1/+11Are children harmed by seeing their friend's hot MILF naked?
I think not. - x0nIMIn0x, on 10/10/2007, -2/+12"Tainted" is an odd choice of verb.
- binaryspiral, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9I think I just threw up a little in my mouth right there...
Spears' kids are put in so much more danger by the other things she does, parading around in the nude is probably the least of their worries. -
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