6 reasons to practice naturism with your family

Are you already familiar with naturism and would you like to introduce your children to it? Or is naturism a new discovery for the whole family and you still have doubts? Below we answer a few questions that we hope will help you clear those doubts.

When is a good time to introduce naturism to the family?

Preferably as early as possible! Small children are often very happy to spend their holidays naked: they are not yet afraid of their bodies and like the freedom that comes from taking off their clothes. Naturism will soon be completely normal for them. It's also not impossible to start naturism when one of the children is already a teenager, but of course it's a bit trickier.

What are the benefits of naturism for children? 

• Freedom: running around naked in the sun, swimming without bathing suits, which children find joy and freedom! Finally they can move freely and feel nature on their skin: sand, wind, water... etc. And the constant dressing and undressing when going to the beach or the pool is a thing of the past
• Respect: Your children will learn that all bodies are equal yet unique and that everyone, including themselves, deserves respect. You will learn to appreciate people for who they are and not for the way they look or the clothes they wear
• Self-confidence: By being naked together, your child learns to accept their own body and gains more self-confidence.
• A healthy attitude towards the nudity: By getting young children used to their own nudity and that of others, shyness goes away.
• Love for nature: living in harmony with nature and respecting it are fundamental values ​​of naturist holidays.

Where do you go to discover naturism with your family?

The naturist campsite is the ideal place for your vacation! Everything is designed for your rest and the safety of your children. Every year more and more families find their way to naturist campsites to recharge their batteries. France 4 Naturisme also offers a wide range of activities for children: sport, culture, nature, creativity, etc., and each age group has its own children's club. 

My teenager is reluctant to undress? How can I do something about it?

Don't worry, this is perfectly normal. Even if your son or daughter has been familiar with naturism from an early age. Puberty is a time of great change, both physically and mentally. Some young people are insecure or shy about the changes in their bodies and choose not to show their bodies during this transitional period. At France 4 Naturisme, we understand this fear. Therefore, we allow youth to wear a sarong in our resorts, except in the swimming area. Our team is available to teenagers and their parents to answer any questions they may have on this important topic and to help them allay any fears they may have.

And will my children continue to devote themselves to naturism later on?

All scenarios are possible. Some children remain committed to naturism as they grow up and practice naturism in their own families. Others distance themselves from nudism, sometimes permanently, sometimes just temporarily. In any case, you have had the opportunity to experience naturism with your children and to teach them important values. The practical benefits of naturism:

• Less clothing is needed; Your bags are packed lighter and faster!
• No more arguments about what clothes to wear; and more time for fun things!

A child on a nudist beach - yes or no?

Nudism – a way of life when a person chooses to be, relax and spend time naked, including, for example, sunbathing and swimming. Is this way of life not a hindrance for the children in the family and is it not appropriate for the children to accompany their parents to the nudist beach? 

What is nudism

According to specialists, nudism is a certain way of life and beliefs that allow a person to freely accept his body even if it is naked. L. Bernāte points out that everyone's relationship with their body is different, and based on how a person feels about his body, he also acts. On the other hand, A. Vāvere says that everyone has their own ideas about what nudism is and that this concept is often associated with human sexuality in society. People have a lot of prejudices, and we limit ourselves more and more, says the specialist. It is also a question of how many complexes we have in these matters. “We've all swum naked before, is that why we're nudists? A person also goes to the solarium naked! In my understanding, nudism is a subculture that allows a naked person to be closer to nature, to enjoy it and to be aware of his body," says A. Vāvere. He points out that a person who can accept his nakedness, has no prejudice against his body, he feels free. Everything starts with each individual - are we ready to sunbathe or swim naked and be around others who are naked? After that, a couple appears in this matter, and only then a child.

"Getting used to your nudity is very valuable! The fact that we have created to walk around in underwear all the time is not particularly good for a person at all," notes the sexologist.

Won't it hurt the baby?

The sexologist points out that if a family has a question about whether to take a child to a nudist beach, it is necessary to look at what is happening in the family, what the atmosphere is like and what the parents' attitude towards nudity has been until now. "If no one has ever walked naked at home, the child has never seen a naked mom and dad, and at the age of 10 he is suddenly taken to a nudist beach, of course the child will be shocked by this! I don't think that a sane family will suddenly think of going to a nudist beach with a child at the age of puberty, it shouldn't be like that. All of this usually has a history, a habit underneath," said A. Vāvere. 

On the other hand, L. Bernāte points out that the majority of parents with small children usually feel comfortable and do not hide their bodies from their children - they do not wrap themselves in a towel when leaving the shower or allow the child to enter the bathroom when the parent is bathing. If a small child has seen his parents naked, he will not be traumatized or surprised if the parents take the child to a nudist beach. "If the family has a healthy attitude towards the body and nudity from the very beginning, it will also seem natural for the child to be naked by the sea. If the family does not practice being at home naked, changing or bathing in each other's presence, there is no real reason for an older child to suddenly go to a nudist beach with his parents. If one of the parents has a mid-life crisis, it would not be wise to organize a family outing to a nudist beach," says Līga Bernāte.

"If one of the parents is having a midlife crisis, it wouldn't be wise to organize a family trip to the nudist beach." 

Why it's good to accept your body

The sexologist points out that it is not so rare that there are children and adults who cannot change clothes in the presence of others or take a shower at school or after sports. There are also adults who cannot go to the doctor because they are ashamed to undress, who are ashamed of their bodies. "There are people who feel uncomfortable just looking at themselves naked in the mirror or the thought of having to undress in front of a doctor. As society develops, the more we move away from these natural things. In the past, there were public baths where people went to bathe, now nothing like that can really be imagined. If we go to a place of entertainment or a gym where we need to change, we go to change somewhere secluded so that no one sees anything. If we need to go to the shower after sports, we go there with all our underpants on," the sexologist points to the current situation.

People get used to having something on their legs and back all the time and therefore feel very uncomfortable when they have to undress. Today, children are bathed in swimming trunks or diapers from the age of one - on the one hand, this is to respect the rights of other people, but A. Vāvere points out that there are cases when a person is so unaccustomed to being naked that, upon reaching an active sex life time, a young man or a young woman is not able to be naked even in the presence of his beloved partner. "Getting used to your nudity is very valuable! The fact that we have created to walk around in underwear all the time is not particularly good for a person at all," notes the sexologist.

How big will a child feel comfortable?  

There is no age when a child will no longer want to go to a nudist beach with their parents, but parents should be attentive and listen to their child if he does not want to get naked or go to a nudist beach. As the child grows up, a sense of shame about his body appears. Even if nudity is the norm in the family, there may come a time when the child wants to set boundaries - so that the parents do not come into the bathroom when he is bathing, to leave the room when the child is changing. Parents should notice and respect these boundaries.

A child up to three years old is a nudist by himself! They like to run around naked, they don't need pants, especially when it's hot. Only then does he start to feel shy.

"A child up to three years old is a nudist by himself! They like to run around naked, they don't need pants, especially when it's hot. Only then does he start to feel shy. There is no single age when it happens, it can be around five or only seven years," says A. Vāvere. However, experts point out that children who have reached the age of adolescence, even if they have brought up nudity in the family, will want to spend time going to a nudist beach with their parents. Also, A. Vāvere points out that from the point of view of the law, there can be a very slippery line for family recreation with an older child on a nudist beach - it is not excluded that from the point of view of the protection of children's rights, there may be problems if the child is naked on the beach.

What to consider if a family with a child goes to a nudist beach

When thinking about safety, specialists agree that children should be taught safety rules in general - do not talk to strangers unnecessarily, do not reveal details about yourself, do not go with them, do not allow yourself to be filmed or photographed. It is also necessary to teach that only parents and doctors are allowed to touch the intimate areas of the child. The safety rules on a nudist beach are the same as on any other beach, but if the family encounters an atypical situation, the parents should explain it to the child.

If parents go to a nudist beach with a child:

• you have to look at which beach the family goes to, what atmosphere reigns there and what society relaxes there.
• you should observe what is happening around you and if any suspicious persons appear or your rest is disturbed, you should leave or change your resting place.
• you should know that not everyone and not necessarily those who go to a nudist beach have to get naked. If the child wants to live in a bathing suit or swimming trunks, he may do so.
  

And what about the peepers?

According to experts and observations, the majority of people on these beaches are people who just like to enjoy the sun and swim without clothes, such as communities. However, there are undeniably people in these places who like to watch others or, on the contrary, to show themselves off. However, before going to the beach, it is not worth emphasizing to the child that it will be a special place or that there will be special people there. The more natural the parents themselves have a feeling and attitude towards such places, the calmer the child will accept it

Is nudism harmful in the family?

I've been doing this with my kids for 2 years now and I hope it has a positive rather than negative impact on them. Unfortunately, I'm not entirely sure either.

It certainly has pros and cons. It might be embarrassing for your children during puberty, for example, if friends could see their parents naked or something... On the other hand, they will hopefully have a better self-image and learn from an early age that nudity is something natural and may later be less ashamed in front of their partner, they also see with the parents how realistic people look naked and no instamodels with tens of filters, surgeries and photo shops or porn actresses...

Totally positive! I also really like being naked, but not all the time. Your children will learn a healthy natural attitude towards the human body. They will also learn the differences all by themselves but do not see anything sexist. I think it's worse if you would like to keep them from it and they would build up a real feeling of shame, fears and distrust. (shame is the wrong word)

I think it's great and natural and healthy

Nudity is something completely natural. And that's how you should deal with it. After all, we are all born naked. So there can be no negative or harmful influences if you deal with it like that. Nudity does not automatically have anything to do with sexuality.

So I'm not the nudism fan here. The argument that you get to know your body better is honestly nonsense. Where can I get to know bodies better when there are only a few naked people walking around?

However, children can be influenced by nudism in relation to their sexuality. e.g. they recognize sexual assaults etc worse because they perceive their sexual organs as normal other organs. Nudists have a higher risk of sexual assault.

If she shows her boobs to a few classmates out of a lack of shame, then she is quickly considered easy to get laid - she is then hugged by so many until one is successful and performs a quick number.

Yes, I think it is conducive to the mother-child relationship. Because on this basis more trust grows and the child learns to love itself. Only with other substances like weed would I wait until they are at least 10 years old. But for me that is an essential part of this lifestyle, as it changes the attitude towards life for the better.

Naturist holidays for 10 years old girl

The following problem: I have a daughter who is 10 years old and has not yet reached puberty. I plan to take her and my wife on holiday to the German Baltic Sea coast next year to swim naked at the nudist beach there. However, I'm not sure if my daughter would also like to be naked on the beach and be seen by strangers. When I look back on my childhood, being naked on a nudist beach when I was prepubescent (7-12 years old) was unimaginable. It was somehow babyish and uncool and if my classmates had known about it, they would certainly have laughed at me, insulted and annoyed me, which is why I would never have dared to go nudist.
Here is my question: do older children, i.e. children between the ages of 7 and 12, like to be naked in public (e.g. in a nude sauna or on a nudist beach)? Do children between the ages of about 7 and 12 have a problem with being seen completely naked by other children of the same age? Wouldn't other kids laugh at my daughter for being completely naked on a nudist beach?

And is the daughter also your wife's daughter?
If so, is it yours and not just your daughter, and then I wonder why you don't talk to your daughter first and ask her what she thinks of naturist holidays at all? Because if she doesn't want to, you won't be able to convince her with affirmative answers from w-w-w users.
When I think back to my childhood at that age, it would have been unthinkable for me at that age and before and also later to show myself naked on any beach.

Hello,
when you go on vacation next year, your ten-year-old daughter may well have hit puberty. Please keep in mind that it is not only about being looked at, but also about what the daughter sees.
She is currently experiencing that boys and girls are separated in swimming and sports lessons.
On the other hand, I've seen kids in the sauna who are really at ease there.
I was confronted with it at that age and thought it was really nasty. Especially since they didn't offer me an alternative.

Apart from that, this can still change until the next holiday. And then she's probably just at the age between childhood and puberty when many children have problems with their bodies because their feet grow too fast and the rest too slowly, and maybe they have a little breast, but not a real one yet.

So I wouldn't do that to a 10 year old kid when nudity is mandatory there, and that's usually the case for a real naturist, isn't it?
Except maybe I'd been taking this kid on a longer naturist vacation at least once a year for at least 10 years, then he'd be used to it by now. But then you wouldn't be asking here.

You can't give a general answer to that.
It all depends on your upbringing and how you've dealt with nudity at home before...
On the topic of other children and laughing at them.
If you see it as completely normal, you can't even be laughed at, but at that age it can't be avoided that one or the other giggles silly at the idea of ​​the nude beach, but that's more immaturity than real laughing at...
But basically I would ask my daughter first before I think about other things...

How the daughter will feel depends mainly on the previous upbringing. If in your personal environment, i.e. in the family, nudity is nothing special (i.e. if you don’t panic when changing or getting dressed when the child comes along) but continues unimpressed, then nothing should stand in the way of a naturist holiday. I think the question is in the wrong place here. It should be given to the daughter. But since that seems to be a problem for you, I believe that nothing will come of the naturist holiday.

Is it normal to go around without clothes in front of children?

Can you walk around naked in front of your child? And if so, can you do it even after your child begins to understand and gain consciousness? And what do psychologists think? 

A hasty movement as you get out of the shower or an unexpected entry of your child into your room while you are undressing can be the reason for him to see your body naked. In addition, in the summer months, and especially on vacation, it is very easy to forget and go around more "naked" in your house or holiday home, or a strong wave at sea leaves your private parts in plain view and leads to a an apocalyptic spectacle, which many might have described as "awesome". 

You may have grown up in a family where your parents weren't used to being so "relaxed" about it. On the other hand, there are also families who practice nudity on the beach or live their typical daily life in naked conditions.  
After all, how "correct" and "healthy" is it for a child to see their parents naked and how can the sight of an adult's naked body affect their psychology?

As psychotherapist and childbirth and maternity consultant Zoe Tollman argues, there is nothing bad or traumatic for a child's psychology to see you naked . On the contrary, she claims that if you are relaxed and comfortable with your body, she will follow suit. "Hiding your body gives them the impression that nudity is a bad thing," she says.
"On the contrary, the sight of the naked body (but without looking like it's trying to hide or be ashamed of it) helps them realize what's right and what's wrong and eventually learn to express themselves freely and feel comfortable with who they are ». 

Obviously, what he mentions applies to both sexes, but especially for girls he argues that it is even more important , because this way it is much easier for them to learn to love their bodies and have control over them." 

This view seems to be encouraged by Harry Lowe, a speaker from fathering advice forum DaddiLife, who says there is not just one side of the coin. Although he argues that this tactic strengthens the bonds between parent and child, Lowe believes that, often,  the side that may feel most uncomfortable is not the children, but the parents .
"Let's not forget that there are people who, anyway, don't feel comfortable walking around naked even in their own home." Nevertheless, she encourages the unbothered display of the naked body, since as she says "When we feel with our bodies and project that image and sense of self-confidence, it can have a positive effect on our child." 

At this point, Dr. Tollman, however, has an important observation to make . That the most correct way to handle the issue is to respect the mood of our children. "If you realize that your child is starting to feel uncomfortable with the naked sight of your body, the best thing to do is to respect his wish and follow his example," she emphasizes, making it clear that then, it's time to wear clothes.

Nude swimming for children

Where do you think the line goes, for kids to be naked on a beach?

I grew up with a father who bathed naked all year round, however on our own beach, the same thing I did until I was 10 and we moved .. My father was very large and we even had a glass door out to our bathroom, many wondered say about it ..

Do not think there is any limit, and think we are very hysterical and body-scared in Denmark. i still find myself bathing naked if there is no one nearby to bother or there is a socially accepted nudist beach within reasonable proximity. Children must be able to choose for themselves but for me it makes no difference whether they are 2 or 12. 

In my town, there was a woman who made a debate post because it could not be right that she should look at naked old wrinkled people when she had the kids with her at the beach. It ruined her appetite. Her children would also be destroyed for life, it sounded like. There were educators who did not think they could take children to the beach, because now they saw such a completely natural naked body. :) It is I think is more problematic. Children today have an extremely distorted picture of how people look naked. Only the "beautiful" young people need to be accommodated, and if you do not look like that, then you are wrong. Why not teach them from an early age that bodies are different and that's okay? But that is something completely different ... Fortunately, there were over 90% of the citizens who thought there should be room for nude bathers, and if you had a problem, you could look away, or choose a beach where nude bathing is not allowed ... It was still positive.

Who said that? Most swimming pools here in the city are the limit for where children can enter the opposite sex changing room between 6 and 8 years (My daughter would already from the age of 6 prefer to go to the girls than for father to go with the men).

The question actually comes because my son suddenly wanted to bathe when we were on the beach today. and because he usually HATES salt water, we had no swimming trunks for him.

But when he finally wanted to, he also had to be allowed to do so, so he threw off his clothes and jumped into the water. He is 4. We have no problem with that, nor do we have any problem with others being naked, regardless of gender and age. - it's foreboding .... just a body. I was actually nervous about what others thought, because some are obviously VERY delicate, and body scared. I thought it was so liberating that people can and will be naked, and it just suits children so well to play around without clothes on, because it gives such a special freedom.

Children can bathe naked for as long as they want. Last year I bathed on an artificial beach where a couple of grandparents had their grandchildren of about 2, 7 and 10 years with them and all the kids bathed without clothes. It did not bother me at all when it is on a beach. On the other hand, I think about it when my 10-year-old nephew still wants to go with his sister and me into the women's locker room when we're in the swimming pool.

Yes - children of all ages are very fascinated by the body of the opposite sex. I had a conversation with my nephew about menstruation in the middle of Fakta (I would have preferred that he had asked me about it at home, but okay!) I also think that 10 years is a high age to be in the opposite sex dressing room, and 12 years is starting to be a bit borderline for me ... But I'm a bit divided, because I also do not want to force my nephew to change clothes when he really does not feel like it. His parents can practice with him - when I "borrow" the kids, I want them to be just happy and safe.

I totally do not care. My kids have to be naked on the beach until they want to wear swimwear themselves. For my sake, children as adults like to be naked on the beach, it really can not upset me ...

At home with us, we all run naked from the bath if we have not just got clothes with ind- ok my children are not that big yet, 7 and 4 but it's not like I think it's wrong to see each other naked- with us it is completely natural and not mature anyone thinks about. Of course, I do not want to run around naked and be embarrassed when they start bringing friends home. But it IS just bodies, nothing dangerous.

I agree that the child needs to be ready for it in several areas. For example, my nephew is insecure about having to change himself, even though he is physically capable of it (of course). But still, I think 10.5 years is too late to dress up with the opposite sex. As extra info, I just want to add that my nephew's twin sister does not similarly go with her father into the men's dressing room - both because she does not have the need and does not want to, but also because the parents do not think she should ... it is thoughtful , that there is such a difference.

Now children do not have to be deprived of liberty, forced-poor poor, just because they have not bathed naked on a beach ... In my family we also give the kids swimwear, but it has happened that the undersigned sometimes as a preschooler has bathed naked in our own garden and only wearing panties on the beach because it was a spontaneous swim.
My aforementioned nephews and nieces always bathe wearing swimwear, but they are definitely not embarrassed. My nephew of 10 happily runs around both half and naked in natural situations - for example after a bath at home. Honestly, I think kids think far less about this than adults do.

By the way, my mother has had children on two occasions: My older siblings were small in the 80s, and we have more pictures of them in bare ass in the backyard than of my twin brother and me, who was born in 95. My mother explains that with it used to be more natural to let the kids run without diapers.
She has twice experienced that it was a problem with pedophiles and naked toddlers: My two older siblings were playing in the garden, and a genbo / overbo / neighbor-something-or-other suddenly set about photographing them from a distance. The kids got dressed and came in.
The second time, she had taken me out to buy new clothes, and I was standing in the rehearsal room when she asked me to accompany her out of the store. Afterwards, I was told that a man had sat down next to the rehearsal room and looked in behind the curtain while she had been looking for more clothes. Of course, neither my siblings nor I got anything, but I fully understand that my mother pulled us out of those situations. In addition, it is unfortunately not only naked young children who attract pedophiles, if we are to discuss on the basis of the argument for not letting the pods run around naked. Personally, I have seen pedophiles and semi-pedophiles make approaches while both wearing swimsuits and fully clothed

Bringing children to the naturist beach

This summer, my new boyfriend introduced me to naturism. It's just me and we had many good sunny days on beaches and campsite.
The other day we talked about going to Cap d´Adge in France this summer. My boyfriend wants us to take my kids with us (Two girls aged 9 and 11). They have not been before, and I have noticed that there are almost no children on Danish beaches / camping. So I do not know how it is abroad.
Should we take them with us? Or let them stay at their father's house? 

The most important thing is to find out what the children themselves want? How do they feel about naturism. If the kids are fine with naturism, then I see no reason not to take the kids with them. Even know someone who has brought children to Cap d'Agde.

It all depends on how old the kids are and how they feel about their body and nudity.
I myself always walked around naked until I was approx. 4-5 years old, so as soon as I had the chance - my parents have told me. I do not remember it myself now.
But since I was then in puberty, I certainly did not want to show myself naked. I would definitely as a 12-13 year old have experienced it as an assault if someone had lured me along to a naturist camp. Like I found it uncomfortable to be forced to bathe naked after gymnastics and such. I actually experienced it a bit as an abuse (so let the children decide for themselves if they want to keep the swimwear on!)
My advice: talk to the kids about it and let them make the decision themselves without luring them into anything or pushing something down over their heads. 

I would say it's a bad time to take them with you. Take your holiday for yourself and wait to take them to the beach this summer.
We started ourselves as naturists two summers ago.
We even have two girls aged 12 and 14.
When they were on the beach for the first time, and then there were other children who were naked there, they also threw away their clothes, some days they kept their swimwear on, other days they were naked.
Here on the west coast a lot of Germans come, will say they are more free to be naked also their children.
Have experienced that they often wear swimwear when they play on the beach, and throw away the swimwear when they have to swim. someone is naked all the time.
For example, this summer I experienced that our two girls they were allowed to decide which beach we went on, we have two naturist beaches close to us. Kandested and skiverstrand.
My advice to you, wait to take them with you this summer and find a place where you are alone or where there are other family naturists.

Of course, there are children in the naturist place - as in a completely normal textile place. It is my personal position that one must not pressure the kids about. their modesty limit. It has not been a problem for our family at all. Until they become aware of their own nudity, it does not matter ... Then they have to decide for themselves. Our kids (middle teenage age) are not very shy. At home they can walk without clothes - and in the naturist places it is no problem if they are with us or other adults.
They are quite social and quickly find the other teenage kids in the square, and here they quickly find themselves in the common dress code.
They are quite conscious when they are with other young people.
It is our experience that virtually all places accept the "peculiarities" of teenage kids. In black, all seats are perfectly OK for teenagers to wear swimwear on the seat.
In the pool area, they usually have to be naked.
In the pool, nudity applies to everyone.
It is our opinion that the kids always accept the code of the place - at least we have never experienced problems of any kind.
As I said, our kids are pretty unproblematic at this point. It has not been a problem to "introduce" them to naturism, we practice nudity at home as a natural part of our behavior and find that the kids have "jumped in" on this lifestyle.
In particular, they have found by themselves that e.g. to swim is even cooler without clothes on - and when you lie on the beach / in the pool area, wet swimwear is just not very nice (but it must be tried before you understand).
Most importantly, I think that you
1. at home practice nudity, without pressuring the kids (but just show that it is OK to be naked)
2. outside do not press them, but appear naturally naked.
It was a long smorgasbord, I hope I got the answer to everything. 

Hey
I'm a young guy on the 21st. I grew up in a nudist family and have often been to camp and at nude beach with the old ones ever since I was little. And I've been absolutely cool with that. It was only right at the beginning of puberty that it was a little embarrassing. When you are 12 and your parents can see that your craze suddenly stands up in the middle of it all and all of a sudden has got hair on and has doubled in a few months, then it is a bit embarrassing. Especially one day when my mom teased me and said that now I was almost as big as dad "down there", I got RET red in the head.🙂
But since they had seen it a few times and said that it was normal for boys that one's craze grows a lot in a short time and one gets stiffened, I was more indifferent. You just have to get used to it. I think most of it is at that age you think about it all the time, because when you are a little older you learn that everyone is almost the same in a way. So there is nothing to be ashamed of. Get over it! 

Yes. We've never been to Cap d'Agde ourselves, so we do not know the place. But if you are naked with the children at the stand or elsewhere, ie that the children are familiar with the situation, we believe that you can take the children with you.
We have always had children and now also in-laws and grandchildren on the stand and been naked together both here in Denmark, but also on holiday in Germany (FKK areas). Especially in Germany, there are many children and young people on the Fkk beaches.
Have fun. We are going to Usedom with the whole family in July. 

I also do not think that these naturists in e.g. Cap d´Agde are as innocent even as they claim.
For example, I have heard that for years (though I do not know if it is going on yet) beauty contests have been held for teenage girls down to 12-13 years down in Cap d´Agde! In other words, a clear sexualization of naturist teenage girls.
So I do not give much for the sacred hypocrisy of naturists that they see nothing sexual in naturism and that teenagers can just walk around freely down there. I bet there are a lot of men out there for young girls who get a kick out of walking around down there! But you just do not get them to admit it :)
This is not to say that teens can not be naturists. But I think you should think about it as a parent before taking your teenagers, especially girls in puberty, down to a naturist camp. For I actually believe that many of the men present are less innocent than they pretend to be. But maybe it's just me who sees ghosts ?! 

Hi, I can only say that my two girls of 6½years do not mind being naked. But if there comes a day when they would rather wear swimwear, yes but then they will be allowed to do so.
I must say I am a man of 39 years who has been a summer naturist since I was very young, and enjoys swimming and sunbathing naked, just like the other 99% of naturists, yes yes me and my boyfriend have also "enjoyed" the beach every now and then, but then so in the dunes; o) and not where everyone else can look !! but that is not why we are naturists.
Then there are many who think that single men on the beach are "child lures" hmm, but most are older men where the wife has passed away, or there are men where the wife is at work, I know because we have known part of them quite a few years eventually.
Whether you should take the children with you or not, ask them, but before you go to France's large and delicious nudist camp (see the film nude, from the start's film center), take the girls to a Danish nudist beach and see how they take it.
Children on Danish nudist beaches
we come to Kærneland near Skovby on the island ALS, and here come some children (we like to lie with other families) however, there are most when the Germans have a holiday, but they now also play well with them.
Ps. I have never hidden what boys and girls look like without clothes on, and have also often had my children in the shower because nudity is not Taboo in our family. This might also make it natural for my two girls to be naked with other people.
Hoping for a really good holiday with or without swimwear on; o)

Family nudism in Croatia

"In our 'golden' years of naturism, I mean the eighties of the last century, there were all naturists, from the young to the old, with an even distribution of female and male members and all professional qualifications. In fact, higher education was dominant, among the members were doctors, lawyers, actors... Today, our membership is getting old. It is similar in Europe, but there are more opportunities to renew membership with young naturists, for example by organizing camps for young naturists and the like." However, there is also a logical explanation why there are fewer and fewer highly educated naturists, generally those who earn better on average, including the upper middle class.

"That upper middle and upper class has its own holiday homes. How many of them are still naturists who go to 'wild' naturist beaches, we at the Croatian Naturist Association have no data." It is to be expected that many give up such a way of life when they become parents, but Žugčić assures us that this is not exactly the case. Naturist beaches and camps, contrary to prejudices, are actually teeming with family people. Although many view naturism, purely because of nudity, in a sexual context, those who are "domesticated" in naturist centers say the complete opposite. "In our camps, you can see that there are many young couples with small children," says the president of the Society of Naturists. "Naturism is a family way of life, so children are welcome on naturist beaches. On real naturist beaches, there are no excesses that would prevent children from being there.

Today, young people prefer a more dynamic way of vacationing, so today there are fewer of them in naturist camps, but when they become parents, they return to naturism, because then a more peaceful way of vacationing suits them." He explained to us "the first naturist in Croatia" and how difficult it is to go to the beach for the first time. "People are usually uncomfortable, it's a natural fear of the unknown, and some natural fear is the reaction of those who are on a nudist beach on their home turf." However, Žugčić tells me, there is no reason to do so. "People are often hindered by their upbringing and the environment in which they live. Going to a naturist beach changes that.

The discomfort will quickly disappear when new naturists see that no one is staring, and that they don't really notice the nudity. It will be replaced by a feeling of freedom for the majority. Those who become naturists once remain naturists forever." Then he revealed why he would recommend going to a nudist beach to a "textile", as people who prefer to wear swimwear are called in slang. "There are many reasons to recommend going to a naturist beach. However, I would like to point out only one thing: after staying on a nudist beach, you will feel better in every way."

If you yourself decide to try this way of bathing and sunbathing, one thing is mandatory - a towel. For hygienic reasons, it is a necessary prop if you want to sit or lie down somewhere. One more thing should be warned - forget cell phones and photography. It is allowed only in exceptional cases, only if you have the consent of everyone in the frame!

Being nudist for children and teenagers

Children and naturism 

Children are natural naturists. They are more comfortable when they have nothing on, nor do they feel the shame that we adults impose on them. There is a lot of debate about how family naturism affects children, and each "side" in this debate will always find its arguments. It is important to understand that naturism is not sex, and has nothing to do with it.

Growing up, a child must understand what is proper and what is improper behavior, how he can touch them and what he can't. Also, the child must know that it is necessary to confide in the parents everything that happens to them. This applies to all children, no matter what kind of family they grow up in.

One difference, however, stands out when it comes to this topic, and this has been proven in some studies. It is about the fact that children who grew up in a naturist environment have significantly higher self-confidence than children who did not grow up in such an environment. Naturist children learn to accept themselves and others as they are more easily. They understand that human bodies come in all shapes, and that it doesn't matter if they look like models, but what kind of person they are. This is the advantage of family naturism.

Teenagers and naturism

The most difficult period during growing up is puberty. Then the human body also changes intensively, and this is an additional pressure on the young man's psyche. During this period, the children are concerned about everything, so it can happen that your teenager, whom you brought up in a naturist spirit, suddenly starts insisting against going to the nudist beach and the like. Then they should be told that they can always be clothed on the nudist beach, and if they are still uncomfortable being there, maybe it's not a bad idea to spend those few years somewhere else. Soon they will be old enough to not appear anywhere with you, so you can go back to your established habits, and as soon as they pass the sensitive period, they will return to naturism themselves. Nowhere on the internet have we seen someone's statement that he was raised as a naturist, and that as an adult it bothers him and he no longer practices, but quite the opposite, it is mostly mentioned as a quality. 

Practicing nudism as a family

Be aware of the debate surrounding practicing nudism as a family.

You may want to practice nudism as a family because you want you, your spouse, and your children to feel free and at peace with your own bodies. It's a great motive, but before you go down that road, you should be aware that there are some dissenters out there who think it might be unethical to raise your children as nudists - some even go so far as to say it's sexual abuse. At the end of the day you should decide what is right for your family while making sure your kids don't do anything they feel comfortable with. 

Start by encouraging nudity. 

If you want your whole family to go nudist, especially if you have young children, you need to play your cards right. You can't just go from wearing ten layers of clothing to suddenly asking everyone to take their clothes off. Instead, you should encourage family members to wear less clothing and even be more naked so that you can sit comfortably in each other's bodies before taking the leap.

If your children are naked while bathing, do not worry too much that they are not wearing clothes.

You can even encourage your children to spend more time naked if they are comfortable with it after playing.

Once you start doing this, of course you have to make it clear that this is going to be your dynamic, but not what the outside world expects. Let your children see that being naked at home is acceptable, even if it may not be in the world anymore. 

Give your family a sense of confidence. 

If you want to do nudism as a family, you have to make people feel confident in who they are and how they look. Make them feel beautiful , don't laugh at their bodies, and give them compliments so they feel like they're amazing people inside and out. While nudism isn't sexual, and it's not about telling your husband he looks naked, you should unapologetically encourage people to be who they are.

Just maintaining a positive environment in your home can lead to your family members being in the buff. While healthy criticism is a good thing, you should focus on being more positive than negative and encourage your family members to grow spiritually and creatively. 

Make nudism feel natural. 

Another thing you can do is make nudism feel like the norm in your home. If people don't wear clothes, don't make it a comment or talk about how cool it is to take some clothes off, but treat it as a matter of fact. This will keep your family members from feeling self-conscious and feel like it's the most "normal" thing for them to do.

If you and your family members are sitting naked at the dinner table, consider it completely normal instead of saying how nice it is that you are all naked together. If something is natural, then there is no need to draw attention to it.

Make nudism comfortable. 

You can show your family that nudism is not only natural, but also comfortable. You don't have to constantly struggle with something to wear around the house. You don't have to go shopping for a million new sets of clothes and get by with what you need to go out. If it's a hot day, you don't need to turn the temperature down to zero because you'll naturally feel cooler because you're in the buff.

Do it as a family. 

Strength in numbers will help you practice nudity as a family without worries or problems. If you're all comfortable doing it together at home, you'll strengthen your bond through your love of the freedom that nudity brings. Of course, you should allow your children to feel comfortable enough to say that they don't agree or that they don't want to follow this lifestyle; You should respect their needs and beliefs and avoid imposing your beliefs on them.

Until what age can you take a bath with your children?

Some parents think twice before walking around naked at home or taking a bath with their kids… Being naked or not being naked in front of your children, that is the question, so we answer it!

We all have our level of modesty, and this conditions our way of behaving in the public space but also in family . Are we comfortable in small outfits at home with the family when it's hot? Can you do naturism with your kids? Can we take a bath with young children?

We are going to analyze this by detailing this last example in particular — because it is the situation that we encounter most frequently, but also because it does not, however, fail to create debate.

A few weeks ago, we published an article about the mom-shaming suffered by model Chrissy Teigen , who posted on Instagram a photo of her taking a bath with her two children — Luna, 5, and Miles, 3 — as we can see it in the photograph below, with the caption.

But why is this so shocking? Is it really a problem that our children see us naked and that we take a bath with them?

We therefore invoked two education specialists to help us see things a little more clearly, namely Marie Chetrit, doctor of science, who has just published  Positive education: a question of balance? Unraveling the true from the false of benevolent parenting  and Héloïse Junier, psychologist specializing in young children, who published  For or against?, The great debates of early childhood in the light of scientific knowledge.

Where does this modesty come from?

In France, modesty seems stronger and more significant than in other countries. Because it is above all a question of culture! In other civilizations — and in some French naturist communities — nudity is not a problem at all.

Héloïse Junier also advances part of the explanation and deplores the role of psychoanalysis: “In France we have a very close relationship with psychoanalysis, which comes to sexualize the body of children , invest them with sexual impulses and see incestuous. The Oedipus complex is when you think that a child at three years old, for example, wants to fornicate with the father or the mother and reject the other parent. We then say to ourselves: “we are not going to get naked in front of a child”. It promotes a physical distance between the body of the child and that of the adult and therefore this modesty. »

Once again, psychoanalysis and its theories have had a damaging role. Yet when you think about it, it seems quite natural to be in its simplest form...

Being naked is natural

We tend to be wary of what is considered “natural” or “unnatural” — widely misused words, often misused. But for our discussion here, nudity is part of everyone's daily life. There is no need to be ashamed or embarrassed by her body. For Héloïse Junier: “There is nothing wrong with being naked with your children . Taking a bath with your children is a nice moment. In addition, the skin-to-skin ratio promotes oxytocin , the bonding hormone. […] The child experiences this with a great deal of innocence in fact. »

It is therefore not problematic for a penny to be naked and take a bath with his children, contrary to what some haters wrote to Chrissy Teigen! However, there are a few conditions to respect…

Respect what children want

Obviously, we must respect the wishes of parents and children ! For Marie Chetrit, it is above all a question of age:

“For a baby or a toddler , there is no problem.

When children grow up, they often have a great curiosity for the genitals of the parents. They look at what is different from them. For me, from the moment the child shows this curiosity , it's a bit of a signal that you have to be more modest, more reserved.

It 's not at all tragic for an older child to see his parent naked, but there is an age when it's good to take a little more distance. Moreover, the children themselves, around 5 or 6 years old , often show a need for modesty. It is a signal to respect. »

Although it is a social and cultural construct, modesty must be respected. Because to live in society, we must learn it.

Héloïse Junier also expresses this reservation, it is necessary to stop if this “creates a situation of ill-being for the child or for one of the parents” . This modesty comes over time:

“When the parent or the child no longer feels it. When the child has a different look . It's cultural so it's a matter of individual feelings. »

For Marie Chetrit, children must also learn what modesty and respect for the other's body and intimacy are. She explains to us:

"It also makes them think, 'I can't see a naked person if they don't want to.' For learning to respect consent with a view to long-term sex education , this is important.

As a parent, you don't necessarily want to be seen naked, in the shower or otherwise, they have to respect that, as the parent has to respect their wish. It goes both ways. »

The children gradually establish this distance and it is up to the parents to respect it . Although it also goes both ways. The child must respect the privacy of the parent if he wishes.

Possible alerts on problematic situations

We are of course placing ourselves within the framework of a family situation where there is no ulterior motive, no incestuous situation, nor any will on the part of a parent to be so!

It should be noted, however, that a great physical intimacy between a child and a member of his family can, in certain cases, be the signal of a problem .

These particular signals, which can be uttered by the child, can then be studied by relatives or by professionals. It is absolutely necessary to be attentive to them and not to neglect them .

It is the fathers in particular who ask themselves questions , fearing that they will be suspected of having unhealthy, incestuous intentions. This fear is understandable and it is such a serious subject that taking it into account in all spheres is a good thing.

The fact of questioning the decency or not of such and such behavior is understandable. Héloïse Junier tells us about the fear of fathers: “Fathers are especially scared. A father came to see me in nursery to ask if he could take a bath with his 3-year-old daughter . I replied that there was no problem. »

She adds: "Parents shouldn't put pressure on themselves not to do it. The father who will be incestuous will be so even if he does not take a bath with his daughter. »

To sum up, if there is no evil intention, there is no problem. One should not be overly prudish, whereas nudity is at the start natural and seen with innocence by children. It is above all necessary to trust the desires and the feelings , both on the side of the parents but especially of the children!

Walking around naked in front of children

 

"I used to walk around naked in front of my seven-year-old son. I am separated from the father of this child and I live alone with him. A friend remarked to me that walking around naked in front of him was something she found shocking . She couldn't explain to me why. Can you help me?"

The relationship to nudity: a question of culture and mores

Certain African or Amazonian populations live almost naked. They follow ancestral customs and rites, sometimes thousands of years old. There is therefore no reason to call into question the mechanisms originating from societies which have been built on these models.

In Western countries, and more particularly in France, it was not until the 1960s and sexual liberation that many adults walked around naked in front of others, including children. Sexual freedom, the liberation of bodies were demanded. In short, bourgeois modesty, the obstacles were thrown into oblivion, freedom in all its forms, displayed. Around the same time nudist clubs appeared where nudity was seen as a liberation, sometimes as the source of a new well-being.

The child from 1 year to adolescence: advocacy for modesty

When taking a bath with their infant, each parent was able to taste the hand-to-hand contact with their child, in a very intense moment of fusion where the toddler becomes one with his parent. The child finds amniotic fluid in the bath water; he is immersed in the peacefulness of his gestation. This rejuvenating moment for the child can soothe him and allow him to rediscover, during a bath, his moments of symbiosis lost with his coming into the world.

On the other hand, as soon as he ceases to be a baby, when the child begins to walk, the adult must take physical distance: the child has a body, the parent has a body; they are no longer in fusion, but constitute two distinct beings. This distinction allows the child to develop without having to undergo the visual and proxemic intrusion of the body of his parents.

Seduction and disgust

Around five years old, the child will try to seduce the parent of the opposite sex. He will naturally try to find out what his parents' bodies look like. He will often, and this is normal, gestures like touching his mother's breasts or trying to see what his father's and mother's sex looks like.

This curiosity must have as an answer that the sex of the adult is of the order of the intimate and cannot be seen by the children for the reasons which I will develop…

For adults, their genitalia pose no problem; walking around naked is rather often the sign of freedom and a certain zenitude. But they never put themselves in the children's shoes. And if we place ourselves from the point of view of a child, the genitals are seen from below, and appear of an enormous size and a certain ugliness, for the child.

My analysands who lived with parents who had this attitude speak of it with all the more disgust because they had the feeling of undergoing this vision which they were not in a position to refuse. Sometimes they say they have been in the grip of a very strong excitement, with stimuli exceeding their capacity for integration, creating a trauma.
 

Who am I, who will I become?

For a child, growing up means becoming a person distinct from others. The parent who imposes on his child the vision of his private parts is at the origin of a visual aggression crushing the child and burdening his capacities to become a balanced adult.

How can a little boy be built who is given to see his father's penis, so big while his is all ridiculous? How can a little girl build herself when her mother shows her a hairy pubis and lips that seem enormous, when she sees none of this in her?

The child wonders, feels devalued. How will he be able to develop healthily in the face of this oversized parental image?

This invasion will make it very difficult for them to know who they are because unconsciously the image of the adult parental sex will be mixed with their not yet formed, generating a trauma that will burden the child's ability to become a balanced adult.

Practice naturism with children

For the holidays (and not only), some parents have chosen a different lifestyle, living naked. Naturism with children is still marginal and raises questions. A father tells us about his choice and the daily life of his family, far from “textiles”.

This summer, for Eric and his family, direction as each year the naturist center. Since their birth, her two daughters, now aged 9 and 12, have been used to living naked, whether on vacation… or at home. This father more than satisfied by this lifestyle, tells us the reasons that led him to make this choice and all the benefits he derives from it, for his couple and his children:

"Some members of my wife's family practiced naturism from time to time on beaches for this purpose and I discovered that on vacation, with an old girlfriend. When I met my partner, we followed the "classic course": we were on vacation in a naturist centre, in the Sablière area. The question arose between us after watching a report on naturism. We found ourselves in what was described and we We were curious to discover this setting which looked enchanting, like a Garden of Eden.

So we started with trips to the beach. Then when it came time to get dressed, we were a little frustrated. So we said to ourselves: why not extend the experience for a whole weekend, then a week in a camp… and now even at home. But when my partner was pregnant and the children arrived, the question of whether or not to continue arose. Of course, we wondered if it would destabilize them, if it wouldn't distort their vision of people and nudity. But we saw a lot of families in the clubs, so we started and we left the possibility of stopping if we discovered that it was disturbing our little ones.

Now it turns out that our girls are comfortable with it. They distinguish very well between when and where you can be naked and when you have to dress. Children understand naturally and do not seem traumatized. Quite the contrary. Our daughters are not bothered by questions relating to the human body. They know what a penis or a pussy is, they have seen it and they have now moved on. While at their age, sometimes, some children ask themselves a lot of questions, do not dare to talk about it and sneer at the slightest mention of anything related to the body. And it is normal if they have never been made aware of it!

At school, on the other hand, they wanted to keep absolute secrecy. They don't want it to be known. Difference is hard to accept, especially at this age, and children can be horrible to each other. They don't talk about it, it's their choice. They assume it, they know that there is nothing wrong or abnormal, but they prefer to protect themselves from the gaze of others. They realize that people mix things up a bit. Afterwards, some people know it and it is generally no problem. Only a couple of parents of school friends in my family preferred that their child move away.
“It helped my daughters to have confidence in themselves”

After now a few years of practice, I will not change my way of life for anything in the world. We found a lot of advantages. To begin with, when we go on vacation, we are not loaded! (Laughter) Joking aside, the relationships are different. We do not feel the judgment of others on the physical. No one looks at themselves or makes fun of a body that falls less into the “dictates” of society. I'm sure it helped my daughters to have confidence in themselves. By being in the simplest device, you have to trust the other and you gain self-confidence, you have to overcome your complexes. It really builds character! Finally, in holiday centres, people are very respectful of the environment. When we walk in the middle of the forest naked, we become humble in the face of nature: we realize how much it surpasses us, we are not all-powerful.

In summary, for me, no longer wearing a jersey is a return to the source. A child, on a beach, when he is small, will be without a bathing suit and will not ask questions. This is what is natural for him. It is the adults who force him to wear clothing and who sexualize this nudity. But everyone is free. Strangely, if my two daughters are raised in the same way (namely that we live naked at home), the youngest who bathes and goes to the naturist beach prefers to get dressed as soon as she is finished. She likes to be well dressed. While the biggest likes to be naked from morning to night. During adolescence, children often question this choice. We are waiting to see. But each individual experiences it in their own way. If she wants to get dressed, there will be no problem."

Can you practice naturism with your children?

Some parents wish to continue their naturist activity as a family. But can this nudity have consequences for the child? The psychologist gives us her point of view on the question.

Can we practice naturism as a family?
Naturism is an educational choice and there is no contraindication to it. However, it is better to initiate children from an early age, since the relationship to the body and modesty are built very early, according to the benchmarks and limits of the parents. Toddlers can walk around naked very naturally. It seems more complicated to start family naturism later, like in adolescence. Until then, I think it's a fairly easy lifestyle to set up with little kids. But, in adolescence, they will clearly affirm their own position: either they will wish to continue, or they will no longer want to accompany their parents.

This exposure to nudity, what do you think?
Nowadays, we see naked or naked bodies everywhere, but they are models. It's an aesthetic that doesn't fit in with reality at all. It's quite unreachable. It is therefore important that children realize that this is not the reality in order to accept themselves as they are. The challenge is that the child is comfortable in his sneakers. To achieve this, education plays a big role, but the parent's relationship to his own body will also play a very important role. If the parents are comfortable, naturists or not, they will unconsciously pass it on to their children. We do a lot of things so that children feel good in their minds and with their emotions, but it's important to help them feel good in their bodies too. It is a whole. Otherwise, Remember that there is a difference between nudity and sexuality. It is often on this point that there is a misunderstanding, even if the two are linked.

Will this have consequences on the relationship to the child's body?
The relationship to the body often changes with age. In our societies, we tend to start talking about intimacy around the age of 3. Even if the parents are generally uncomfortable, it is indeed at this age that we will face infantile sexuality and that we will, for example, tell your child to go to his room s he wants to "touch his penis". Their first awareness of modesty was born at that age, like their curiosity and questioning about the difference between the sexes. If the parents are comfortable with these questions, it is likely to be much less taboo. The line between modesty and shame is fine. we must help the child to be proud of his body, while respecting his privacy.

Is modesty a notion to be instilled?
It is with small examples from everyday life that a parent will be able to transmit the notion of modesty to his child. He's going to explain to her that he can't walk around naked just anywhere. Faced with the rather taboo question among parents of infantile masturbation, we will tell the child to do this in his room, when he is alone... It is something quite unconscious and the limits of this modesty will depend education. But the child will understand fairly quickly that everything related to sexualityis of the order of the intimate and inevitably, there will be modesty... even if we are naturists. The relations between the parents take place in intimacy, in particular. However, if the question of the body, nudity and sexuality are taboo, the child will feel guilt and shame. his relationship to his body and his sexuality will be altered.

If you want to do naturism with your children, do you have to take certain precautions?
You have to listen to the child. If you feel discomfort, do not force anything. Some children talk about it very easily on their own. "Mom, I don't want you to go into the bathroom", for example. There, it is clear and net, it is necessary to respect their modesty. But most of the time, this embarrassment is less clearly expressed: a look away or discomfort when undressing... We therefore adjust to the behavior of our child. Do not hesitate to ask him the question very simply, so that he feels free to express his opinion. The more we talk about it, the less it is taboo. But naturism is not a traumatic experience for the child if we discuss it with him, explain his choice and adjust to his feelings as well. If a child feels embarrassed around naked adults, we must respect this discomfort and perhaps limit ourselves to naturism within the family. As with every activity with your child, you just have to remain vigilant and supervise things well. As long as everything is done in the respect for the child, so there is no problem practicing naturism.

Why nudism is good for children

Eider is a 22-year-old young woman from Bilbao who has always practiced naturism, when she ran naked on the beach with her parents. With a pause "when it was the age of puberty", the shame of her own body, until, at 16, she returned to enjoying nudism, because it gives "an inner peace, a feeling that makes you feel part of nature just as you are. I was lucky that my parents taught me this: it is a human body and nothing more. "
Among the benefits associated with regular physical exercise of nakedness there is not only a more natural acceptance of the human body (one's own and others), but also a better self-esteem, a greater environmental awareness, respect for oneself and for others and a even healthier mind, so there is no reason not to practice it in your own small way freely. "It's when children are such that they have to be taught that it's natural. It's an important educational component that school doesn't give you," says Eider's father Iban. And Ismael Rodrigo, president of the Naturist Federation of Spain and advisor to the International Foundation for Human Rights, adds that "depriving children of the vision of natural nudity is transmitting to them a nefarious ideology, that the parts of the human body hurt,
"Nudity must begin at home, in the bosom of the family," he continues. "Bath time is an easy time. Although it's best to extend it as much as possible, especially in the summer. When you get home, take off not only your shoes and some clothes, but all of these and put towels on sofas and chairs. At home, your clothes are your home. " If you have a garden or a terrace with an inflatable pool, do not put clothes on the children "and if the area is reserved, do not enjoy it alone. If we go to the beach, do not put swimsuits on the little ones. And in the changing rooms. , it is better that the children enter with their mother and the girls with the father, to accustom them to the nudity of the opposite sex ". All this will teach them to appreciate the beauty of the body regardless of its shape, a process in which the role of parents as role models is fundamental. "If the mother or father shows that there can be no beauty in many different bodies and celebrates diversity as an asset, the boy or girl will learn to do the same on himself too," says Maria Victoria Ramirez, a sexologist and psychologist of the Lasexologia.com association. "If parents show them care for their bodies, which they show and accept by tolerating their shortcomings and appreciating their strengths, they are offering a valid model." Eider, on the other hand, says that in his group of friends there are people who practice nudism and others who do not, "and you respect yourself equally". sexologist and psychologist of the Lasexologia.com association. "If parents show them care for their bodies, which they show and accept by tolerating their shortcomings and appreciating their strengths, they are offering a valid model." Eider, on the other hand, says that in her group of friends there are people who practice nudism and others who do not, "and you respect yourself equally". sexologist and psychologist of the Lasexologia.com association. "If parents show them care for their bodies, which they show and accept by tolerating their shortcomings and appreciating their strengths, they are offering a valid model." Eider, on the other hand, says that in her group of friends there are people who practice nudism and others who do not, "and you respect yourself equally".
For Jesús Paños, child psychologist, "advertising and fashion promote ideal beauty patterns that do not match the bodies of many boys and girls, and naturism can help improve our body image. In addition, excessive body worship can distort our ability to relate in a healthy way with others and with ourselves ". To counter this effect, education is essential, which often does not take place at school or at home, as many parents are unprepared and unwittingly pass on the same taboos their parents instilled in them. "The result is that children acquire their knowledge about the human body and sexuality through pornographic videos that they share on their mobile ... They link sex with domination and know nothing about sexuality. They only know about the nude related to sex, "says Rodrigo." A child who only looks at commercial nudity grows up with misunderstandings and fanciful expectations about the body, based on prejudices and uninformed sources. This leads to the need to have breast surgery according to fashion or to think of having a small penis, sometimes with possible trauma. "" Guys who are not limited to the vision of nudity have a significantly higher self-esteem than their body compared to non-nudists. Those who have seen their parents naked feel more comfortable with physical contact and affection, and show greater acceptance and comfort with their body and sexuality. A child who only looks at commercial nudity grows up with misunderstandings and imaginative expectations about the body, based on prejudices and uninformed sources. This leads to the need to have breast surgery according to fashion or to think of having a small penis, sometimes with possible trauma. "" Guys who are not limited to the vision of nudity have a significantly higher self-esteem than their body compared to non-nudists. Those who have seen their parents naked feel more comfortable with physical contact and affection, and show greater acceptance and comfort with their body and sexuality. A child who only looks at commercial nudity grows up with misunderstandings and imaginative expectations about the body, based on prejudices and uninformed sources. This leads to the need to have breast surgery according to fashion or to think of having a small penis, sometimes with possible trauma. "" Guys who are not limited to the vision of nudity have a significantly higher self-esteem than their body compared to non-nudists. Those who have seen their parents naked feel more comfortable with physical contact and affection, and show greater acceptance and comfort with their body and sexuality. sometimes with possible trauma. "" Guys who are not limited to the vision of nudity have significantly higher self-esteem over their bodies than non-nudists. Those who have seen their parents naked feel more comfortable with physical contact and affection, and show greater acceptance and comfort with their body and sexuality. sometimes with possible trauma. "" Guys who are not limited to the vision of nudity have significantly higher self-esteem over their bodies than non-nudists. Those who have seen their parents naked feel more comfortable with physical contact and affection, and show greater acceptance and comfort with their body and sexuality.
Conversely, people who had less exposure to parental nakedness during their childhood have significantly higher levels of sexual anxiety when they are adults. "An attitude that can be extrapolated to other everyday situations: for the child to consider the absence of clothes as something normal is important and this thanks to an open and tolerant attitude on the part of the parents. "If a father or mother reacts by applauding when a cyclonudist passes, it will not cause any problems for his son. If you cover your eyes (and believe me, even in very few cases) you will create a problem for your child with regard to nudity, a problem that will probably harm him for life, "says Rodrigo. And while the role of education is normally in the parents, it can also be reversed.
Ramírez, for his part, points out that "even if naturism contributes to better sex education for children, it is not the only way. If a mother or father does not feel comfortable showing themselves naked in front of their children. , they do not have to force themselves to do so.They can also naturally talk about their shame and admit it.
Communication about sexuality can be encouraged in many ways, by explaining things without asking, by answering questions, by telling children about the different parts of the body and their diversity, by promoting attitudes of tolerance and respect ... And being models of these. explanations. "In any case, it is essential to separate the ideas of nudity and sexuality, concepts which must not be associated and whose misidentification is precisely the root of many problems." Assigning an intrinsic sexual charge to all nudity is in itself a sexual perversion. This is why the cases of pedophilia in naturist environments are practically unknown, while the opposite occurs in religious environments ", Rodrigo says." The concealment of pregnant women, not "normal", "normal", elderly, it is what can cause problems in the education of the adolescent, and not the other way around. The variety of bodies that can be seen in a naturist holiday center contributes very positively to avoiding problems such as anorexia or bulimia, the consequences of the lack of acceptance of one's body. "The idea is even literally transmitted by the parents. . It is common to hear the phrase "marrano, get dressed", directed by a parent towards his child who wanders quietly and without problems with his nudity. Associating the word "marrano" with nudity is a negative fact, which will automatically continue until when one becomes an adult. "And this happens even if any analysis of these phenomena indicates that negativity is the dominant aspect. It is evident that the hygiene is easier in nudity. Sweat stays on the shirt when we run, but evaporates if we don't wear it. If we take a shower before jumping into the pool without a bathing suit it is better (also to get wet with the bathing suit which is of the type of shorts with internal net), and it allows the water to reach our whole body. It is therefore the clothes that are a source of dirt and not nudity. And if instead we refer to a moral concept of filth, we can only say that the body is filthy and for this reason it must be forbidden ". and causes the water to reach our entire body. It is therefore the clothes that are a source of dirt and not nudity. And if instead we refer to a moral concept of filth, we can only say that the body is filthy and for this reason it must be forbidden ". and causes the water to reach our entire body. It is therefore the clothes that are a source of dirt and not nudity. And if instead we refer to a moral concept of filth, we can only say that the body is filthy and for this reason it must be forbidden ".
The normalization of nudity in the child's family and vacation life does not completely neutralize the pressure of groups of friends and schoolmates, but it does help. It is certainly unlikely to contribute to group violence and sexualization, and perhaps makes it easier for them to choose a group of friends who are less obsessed with sex and nudity. Seeing girls her age - at least on vacation - naked and thus becoming friends with them will make it more difficult to join or actively participate in groups that respect women, and the same happens if we look at it from the point of view of girls. Seeing the natural as natural is better than seeing the natural as sexual. "There are studies showing that those countries less interested in nudity have fewer teenage pregnancies and fewer abortions. Julian Robinson notes that "the shame of one's body increases sexual desire and the need for sexual ostentation, and these in turn reinforce this shame. It's a vicious circle," Rodrigo says. "Modern naturism defines itself as a family and family movement. A naturist holiday center is one of the safest places for children, who will participate with their new friends in the many activities that are usually organized. Parents can rest. without problems and even forgetting about it ". Modern naturism defines itself as a family and family movement. A naturist holiday center is one of the safest places for children, who will participate with their new friends in the many activities that are usually organized. Parents can rest without problems and even forget about it. " Modern naturism defines itself as a family and family movement. A naturist holiday center is one of the safest places for children, who will participate with their new friends in the many activities that are usually organized. Parents can rest without problems and even forget about it. "