Would You Raise Your Children as Nudists?

[BackpackerBrian]

[FireProf]

Yes, absolutely, we would raise our children in a nudist environment........if we were able to do it over again.

Our two daughters are gone from the nest, the oldest married with two children, the youngest soon to be married....next week in fact.

We began to raise them to feel comfortable being without clothing around the home, backyard and when swimming, in the hot tube and just playing.

As they grew older they drifted away. If we had to do it over again, I would have moved us to a club where they would have been able to have friends their ages who were also nudists. We regret not pushing nudism, just a little, on our daughters and I think they do as well because we would be able to visit some of these great places together instead of going by ourselves.

They know about our nudist lifestyle and are very supportive and respectful.....at times even envious. Only time will tell if they revert back to those days when they used to run around the yard, house and swim naked.

[NudeAl]

I have done that and while most of the older ones seem to have left it behind them they aren't ashamed of their bodies. They sort of stopped going when they reached puberty. But my twenty year old just said he wouldn't mind going on this years family vacation and he knows we intend to spend a few days at some nudist resorts, so hey maybe he is comming back to it.

[Ren]

If ever I meet the right girl, I plan to raise mine to be comfortable with themselves and unashamed. I would make it a point to include it actively, but at the same time I'd never oppress them if they started to dislike it.

[Trailscout]

Finding a card-carrying nudist gal may be a tall order, but that doesn't mean that single guys should feel compelled to marry a total prude.

I meet free-spirited gals all the time. That's not the same as a nudist, but in my house, clothes are for the dead of winter and I don't see that custom changing after marriage, because of the type of ladies I form close friendships with are generally very pragmatic about nudity at least among one's family in the privacy of the home or at a secluded swimming hole. I don't know what percentage of home nudist/and discrete skinnydippers go on to enjoy regular resort/nudist park nudity, but I'm willing to take my chances.

[Ren]

Oh, I agree with that. I meant "the right girl" altogether - the one for me. I've dated "the wrong girl" enough, one of whom was actually down with nudism in principle. Right now, it's "the nonexistent girl," which of course has got to change.

(If anyone is concerned over my use of the word "girl," please let it go. It's not some sort of derogatory remark; it's how we talk in my area.)

[Tara]

I don't know if I'd raise my children as "nudists," per se, moreso I would just try to raise them to understand that nudity is ok in some settings and they can be with or without clothes if they want. Basically whatever they choose to do or not do I would let them, and I certainly wouldn't hide adult nudity (parents) from them. I'd like to imagine taking them to a nudist club/beaches or maybe an occasional c/o vacation if possible, as long as it is something they want to do as well.

While I think it is a very healthy way to raise children, especially for their body-image, I also would try to remember that what they want should be respected as well.

[jon71]

Right now I'm trying to make home nudity a little more the case. Currently it's the exception, not the rule but my wife is slowly coming around. Hopefully in the future it will be the rule to be nude and the exception to be clothed. At a minimum I don't want things to ever deteriorate to the point where anyone would be weirded out if anyone else was nude even if only going to/coming from the shower or whatever. My girl is five now and I know time is the enemy for this or anything else to be established (faith, values, health, etc.)

[DoctorSurferDude]

I'm sort of Tara with my opinion. I wouldn't want them to feel like they need to be AANR card-carying mini-nudists, but at the same time I'd want them to be comfortable in their skin so as to avoid insecurities that are attached to all that "hiding" our society thrives on.

[naturush]

My wife and I are having our first in November. She's not a nudist, but she is ok with me allowing our child to be-if he so chooses. Beaches, resorts??? If I only had the time...

[Zorro]

Absolutely I will raise my children as nudists. Of course, as they get older, should they choose not to participate, that's cool, but I want to teach them that nudity is an option.

[Sauna]

We did so. I do not speak about club membership. I'm talking about attitudes and freedom to be naked. They are now adults and they do agree our decision. Of course they have their own mind and they are free to do how they want.

[Kari P]

There isn't an applicable choice for me.

I have three children, sons 15 and 13 years, daughter 10 years. "My kids are already nudists" is near to the truth but not accurate. They swin naked at our summer home (neighbors and relatives seeing), but that's all in their nudism. They see myself almost constantly naked every day, and the boys know the name of the lifestyle (naturism). The fact that they don't sleep or otherwise be more naked is obviously based on their mother's attitudes to nudity and to me [she speaks ugly; I don't live in a happy marriage]. They don't dare to be free because they see and hear the results in daily family life. [No, it isn't based on nudity, its lack of respect and will to dominate on my wife's part. Because we are not able to compromise, I have chosen to take my freedom to be naked at home by force.]

"Yes, absolutely I would raise MY kids in a nudist setting (club)" could be true in my thoughts, but not my wife's. And we don't have clubs in our area, nor CO beaches if we don't count private beaches.

[Jeff Brooks]

Our son loves being nude and would be 24/7 if possible, our daughter 18 only goes nude by the pool. They were raise in a nude enviroment. No big deal ever.

JB

[barbararuth]

I guess this is a mute point because I have no children, but if I did, I would have no problem supporting THEIR desire to follow this lifestyle. I would not encourage nor discourage them because of what nudism means to me.

I would hope they would see their mother as a role model as I have gained incredible joy from nudism. I believe that it is a state of mind that gives me freedom and confidence that manifests itself in so many parts of my life. I would want my children to have the opportunity to experience that as well.