Parents walking around the house nude bugs sisters

[naturalmanwa]

I once commented to the parent of an 18 year old with the daughter present that the smartest anyone will be in life is 17 or 18. After that you get dumber and the dumbest you will ever be is when you are the parent of an 18 year old.

Dad should not just barge into the kids' room, but he and mom had set a standard of dress a long time ago, and if the kids don't like this aspect of their parents, they will find something else after the parents get dressed. There will always be an issue. This may be one of the easier with which to deal.

Amen to that! It depends on the child, but if they are going to want their own way, then the issue of nudity when it has been going on for some time doesn't seem as much like an issue as the child wanting to have their own way around the house over the demands of the parents.

[dakref]

Couple of comments/questions. The Freud stuff went out years ago. When I read this there was no mention that this was a nudist family per se, but that casual nudity was accepted. How did they know about this forum on which to file their complaint? Didn't they expect some biased feedback? My experience with teenaged nudists is that even though they might be in an uncomfortable with nudity stage, they don't condemn those who choose not to be clothed. Something just doesn't ring right about this whole thing to me.

[78828892]

Many teenager react that way. We were three boys, nudity was commonplace, but when the oldest reached adolescence, he didn´t want to be seen naked by our mother, grand mother, or the long-time nanny who had been in the house for ages. They were reluctant to accept it, but they did. When I reached adolescence, I didn´t have that phase. and continued being naked in front of them, bathing naked in the pool with them, etc. The brother in the middle was sort of in between, objecting but finally dont minding much.

[David77]

The Freud stuff went out years ago.

Recent studies of the brain are now confirming some of Freud's theories. Thus is especially true regarding the conscioius and the unconcious workings of the brain (mind).

Please see Charlie Rose's series regarding the facinating studies of the brain.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxcKN...e=results_main
http://www.charlierose.com/view/collection/10702
http://www.charlierose.com/view/inte...5?sponsor_id=1
http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/154

[Bob S.]

dakref: "The Freud stuff went out years ago."

You would think it did. There are still plenty of psychologists who do buy, at least somewhat into the psychosexual stages of development that Freud espoused. One of note in the US is Dr Joyce Brothers. She wrote a column a number of years ago where she disagreed that a brother and sister (preteens) should have to sleep in the same bed (visiting family) as the experience may cause problems with their relationship. She has also espoused the fact that the Oedipal and Electra Complexes are alive and well. It was Dr. Spock, the well-known author of baby books who wrote about the necessity of parents to cover themselves in front of their children. He came to this conclusion as I have heard, when his young son tried to grab at his penis while his son was sitting on the sink watching him shave. He presumed that the son was jealous of the size of his penis.

dakref: "When I read this there was no mention that this was a nudist family per se, but that casual nudity was accepted. How did they know about this forum on which to file their complaint? Didn't they expect some biased feedback?"

I don't know if this was intended toward me, but I call a household where there is casual nudity commonplace or allowed a nudist household. As for where the girls wrote, this apparently is a local paper that just has an opinion advice column. I don't know enough about the column to decide if they expected biased results.

Bob S.