I find the whole idea of child nudity being considered wrong and also sexualised very disturbing when we quite rightly don't want children to be abused.

in UK law a bare image of a child is deemed indecent and therefore sexual on the grounds it may be of interest to a child abuser so a person possessing it is, therefore, a danger to children.

if a child draws an anatomically correct image of themselves or the dog they are reprimanded and the image censored.

if, however, a child draws an image that is seen as sexual by the adults then it is the focus of amusement and ridicule and these days shared on social media for all to laugh at.  They even did it as an item on a UK tv show.

 

when people found out that British naturism includes children they were up in arms assuming and implying abuse was happening and wanting children banned from naturism because they would never let their children do that. and questioned BNs child protection policies (they ban anybody who has been on the sex offender register for life) 

on the other hand, when a dressed man went into lego land, hid in a playhouse and abused two girls nobody protested or questioned their child protection policies, and he was never found.

how can we protect kids from harm if society as a whole cannot respect them as the humans they are, dressed or otherwise?

I have seen too many parents at our local CO beach putting clothes on their kids while stripping off themselves. I honestly don't understand why.

I know some may fear that there are pedophiles around and they don't want their kids to be harmed. Yet I would say that it would be much more effective to pay attention to people around our kids and call out those adults around with inappropriate behaviours.  That way the kids will learn what's wrong, to avoid and call out.

To me, it's important to normalize nudity at home and in naturist venues.  It should not be deemed as something special, because it really is not.

Today we hit a challange. 

It is the wife's birthday and we have been invited to our daughter's place for dinner. She has a new partner. 

No before dinner it's bath time. The grand children who often stay with us, immediately assumed it would be family wash time. At grandmas place everyone washes, showers together, before dinner.

Trying to explain the fact we probably couldn't here was exceptionally difficult.

Help...

That's true a.b.y.a. C. Children also know that when there is a socialising/guest event going on that things will also be different. They may be ignore a little bit more or maybe cannot run around the house with light sabers. I guess one of the questions is what would normally happen at the daughter house prior to the new partner? If he is the only obstacle towards a more relaxed attitude towards family nudity then at some point he needs to be introduced to the idea. It will only get more awkward the longer it is left.

Well, My childhood wasn't nudism all the time, yea their were little spurts here and there, but never " all day" affair haha!  It's when I met my stepmom at the ripe age of 7, that she didn't care that I was naked now and then in front of her (nonsexual of course)!  just like coming home from the beach every now and then, coming out of the shower and drying us (my twin brother) off.. 

So, yes I feel at a young age let kids be kids, the less hang up the better!