Was your family at ease with nudity? Or was the bathroom always locked? Were you encouraged to hide your body as a child? Maybe your parents were naturists? Do you think your upbringing affected your own attitude towards naturism?

My memories as a child are really mixed. It seems that we were expected to be dressed at all times. Bathroom doors were locked and you got dressed in your bedrooms. I remember being berated by my mother when I was about 8 or 9 for skinny dipping in the local river then laying in the sun to dry. Apparently I was evil and going to hell.  Needless to say the berating didnt work just drove it underground.

That said I can also clearly remember my grandmother being topless. I can't even remember really what I we were doing and I'm guessing i was about 10 but i can recall it quite vividly. Probably because it was unusual. She may have been changing but i can remember her walking down the hall at my parents place to the kitchen and talking to my mother and me.

Beyond that nothing when i was a child. Whether my completely relaxed attitude to nudity stems from rebellion or just because it feels right will always be a question. What I do know is unless it is cold being naked just seems to be the most sensible way to be. It feels right, feels natural and I love the feel of the sun, wind and even rain on my skin.

For my part, I have never seen my parents naked ...
There were 5 of us in three rooms, without bathroom ...
Nudity was therefore prohibited in everyday life ...
It was only later, when I was 24, that I became interested in naturism by accidentally stumbling into a newsstand on a well-designed magazine in France, "la vie au soleil" that I saw families living naked, that I saw children blooming in their nudity and it was at this moment that I made my first experience in Montalivet, cradle of water sports in France ...
It was also from this moment that I started to sleep totally naked.
Since then, nudity has become natural for me and I am convinced that naturism is the best education that one can give to children ...

My family certainly wasn't at ease with nudity when I was a child. I remember being allowed in the bathroom (when desperate) while my parents were soaking in the bath, other than that I have no memories of nudity or people being relaxed about getting changed etc. I shared a room with my brother for years he was ten years older than me, somehow I do not remember ever seeing him naked either. We would get changed wrapped in towels on the beach. 

Whenever I had the house to myself I never bothered dressing and always seemed to gravitate to sleeping nude as I found it more comfortable.
 

Steve's comment - re changing at the beach reminds me of a time before I was married to my first wife. I went to the beach with family and to change they had these towel things like a small bell tent. They had an elasticated hole at the top you could poke your head out of and you hid under them to change. I guess they may have been easier than a small towel but to my mind completely pointless.

As regards seeing my parents naked I can only recall one occasion but I wasnt a child. It was after I migrated to NZ and my parents visited. We were travelling the north island and stopped at a campground in tokaanu which had thermal baths. After dinner we decided to use them. By this time is was in my early 30s and "I said I dont  care what you do but I'm going to soak naked". After some hesitation they joined me naked in the water. Not sure they were 100% comfortable with it but at least they tried.