(not) in front of the children
Seeing as our girls were being raised nudists, all of us nude together was pretty normal until they reached 12. Their friends called them names and made them feel bad about being naked in front of us and us in front of them ... so they stopped but we continued, just not all the time like we did before their friends got in our way! ;-)
Our girls had the foundation they needed and 20+ years after stopping nudism, they revisited it and do some things nude like skinny dip, hot tub, sleep naked and visit the nude beach, and resorts ... when we are there, not on their own. It's enough that they get it, respect us and support our lifestyle.
I had known this girl for a long time, we met in 2000 and we were great friends, she knew I was a nudist. In late 2004 she got married and in early 2005 she had a baby boy, I was there the day she had him. In early 2008 she split with her husband and filed for divorce right before he turned 3. We had 8 years of we'll call it frustration built up and we started dating a few months later, we dated for almost 4 years just before he turned 7. As a single mother she'd have to do everything with him, bathe him, have him with her in the bathroom when she took a shower (clear glass door), putting makeup on, doing hair and getting dressed. She slept topless and in boxers, so if he cried at night she went to his room in that state. As I began to spend more time there and he was used to seeing me almost everyday, one night after he went to bed, we took separate showers had our alone time. After our alone time she always took another shower to clean up, she'd come back we'd talk for a little while I'd get up, get dressed and go home. This one night she said why don't you just stay he's used to seeing you around anyway. I stayed and I sleep naked, next morning he came into her room, jumped into the bed to see her and I was there, he said good morning Chris, good morning to you as well Mike. I said well I'm going to take a shower and kinda looked at her because I was naked. He was facing towards her and she said go ahead, BTW, heads up don't be surprised if he barges in while you're in the shower. I said well I have no problems with it if you don't, she said not at all. A few minutes later he was in there on the floor playing with his trucks, guessing he heard the shower and that was his position while mom took her shower to get ready. He just chatted away like nothing, a few mornings later I was there again when he jumped into the bed and got under the covers, he said hey you're naked..... I said yes I am I like sleeping that way, he was like ok. That morning he asked, can I come into the shower with you for my bath?, I said you'll have to ask mom, he looked over at her and she said of course you can. The more time I spent there the more comfortable I became being myself, within a month I was mostly nude around the house and he was following suit, he even asked if he could sleep naked like me and she said OK as long as you don't wet the bed. I'd say when he was around 4 1/2, he came into the bed one morning and she was topless as usual, he kinda freaks out and say put them away, put them away.... I get up out of the bed and said what's wrong buddy, he jumps into my arms, points towards her, puts his head on my shoulder looking the other way and says put them away!!! We're both confused, she's topless, I'm naked, he's naked, he's freaking out about her boobs and he's seen naked every day for all his 4 1/2 years of life. We thought he just had a bad dream or something, that night after he went to bed, we went to bed and watched some TV, she went to check on him, she was wearing the same thing she does every night to bed, topless and her boxers, he woke up as she kissed his forehead and he starts with, put them away again. I get out of bed and come into his room and say what's going on, what's wrong?, I'm naked as usual and he said I want mommy to put them away. She goes back to her room I sit on the bed and ask him what's wrong? mom always sleeps like that and you are with her every morning while she takes a shower and gets ready so you see them every day. Do you want me to put it away too?? He says no we have the same parts and I like sleeping naked too. From then on he didn't like seeing her breasts out but had no problem with him or I being nude around her. Still have no idea why. Like I said we split right before he turned 7, he turned 15 a few weeks ago, I still wonder if he enjoys sleeping nude or nudity around the house.
Like me my son was raised nudist..all our bedrooms are upstairs and we have a door along the stairway to close so the fact our bedrooms have no doors was not an issue. our master bath room had no doors only the guest bathroom had a door...anyway many times our son would come into our bedroom, understand if inside we all 3 were always naked, sometimes he would lay on a side or end of our king size bed even while we had sex, even sex above the covers sometimes... it didnt bother him because he knew it was simply an act of love between people.. he grew up to do well academically and was a member of the student council jr high and high school and athletic, he just grew up a nudist and saw his mom and dad not just naked but at times saw us having sex like it was watching us watch tv
Ideally they are born into the naturist/nudist way of life and are brought up in it. So the everyday casual nudity in the household is natural and normal, which it is 100%!!!, to them. All and every function of the human body is taught and observed in a nurturing and caring environment! Open door policy is a great help in that regard, body confidence, body acceptance is absorbed naturally without any restrictions, shaming, etc. It is only later, when they have more contact with and get out into the sexist, misogynistic patriarchal sex obsessed textile society, do they realize that not everyone thinks the same. Hopefully we taught them well and intalled enought commonsense into them that they will not give in to peer pressure and/or buy into the body shaming, body phobic attutides that are (still) so prevelant in society!!!