When I was very young, we bathed in the bathtub, and as I recall my mother supervised that. I think I was probably eight years old when my younger brother and I accompanied my dad to the shower in the basement, mostly to get instruction on how to take a shower. I dont recall being particularly intrigued by the nudity aspect. I probably had seen my dad nude changing to swim or such. We definitely werent nudists at home. My appreciation of nudity, solo and social, came later, but never associated with family.
In Finland we had a sauna in our house, so the whole fam would sauna and shower naked together every Friday. Even if I had friends around, they would join us, or if I went round my mates house on summer house, their dad would take us skinny dipping and sauna bathing. There were never swimwear involved. So I have showered with dad, uncles, brothers and friends dads. When bigger groups, the men and women would usually separate. Dad and grandads take sons, and mothers daughters. Often cause of socialising rather than anything else.
My dad and I started showering together when I was 10 after my mom and him divorced and she moved away. I was an only child and he raised me as a single father after that. We became very close and bonded during that difficult time after she left. Showering together in the mornings before school was one of my favorite experiences!
Joe, great topic. In short, yeah, regular things in our house growing up. Never seemed like a big deal. School, gang showers, everyone naked. The Y, same (at least for a few years).
It's sad we hide that from boys today. They grow up having no idea what the average man looks like naked, so nothing to compare with except the exceptional fit/endowed guys in porn... not average. My urologists says he gets an abnormally large number of young men coming into his office to talk about penis enlargement, and as a rule are all normally sized men. Their view is skewed. It's like measuring average intelligence using Einstein as your benchmark.
Plus, as stated by others, you lose the bonding opportunity.
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