# Is my son's teacher overreacting, or am I underreacting

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-sons-teacher-overreacting-or-am-i-underreacting/528745>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 12, 2010, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-sons-teacher-overreacting-or-am-i-underreacting/528745 "2010-02-12T18:20:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![clarkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@clarkstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clarkstar)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-sons-teacher-overreacting-or-am-i-underreacting/528745/101 "2010-02-17T20:04:41Z")

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> [@Martiju](#):
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> Some people might suggest that if ‘the company’ sees anything sexual (which is presumably the concern) in a 5 year old running around naked, then it might be ‘the company’ that has the problem, not the parent.

who said anything about sex? i wouldnt want to be sitting on a couch that somebodys dirty ass has been on personally.

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**Author:** ![clarkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@clarkstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clarkstar)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-sons-teacher-overreacting-or-am-i-underreacting/528745/102 "2010-02-17T20:07:20Z")

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it’s just as appropriate for an adult to walk around naked as it is for a child. would you be ok with your husband or wife walking into the room naked while you have company?

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**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-sons-teacher-overreacting-or-am-i-underreacting/528745/103 "2010-02-17T20:18:17Z")

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> [@clarkstar](#):
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> it’s just as appropriate for an adult to walk around naked as it is for a child. would you be ok with your husband or wife walking into the room naked while you have company?

An adult may have different intentions. They may doing it to intimidate (flashers) or to titillate or they might just enjoy it. I don’t ascribe nefarious intent to a five year old running around their house naked.

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**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-sons-teacher-overreacting-or-am-i-underreacting/528745/104 "2010-02-17T23:30:51Z")

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> [@tdn](#):
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> Once again I am reminded of the thread in which a doper’s wife and mother-in-law wanted to throw out a pot that he’d THOUGHT about puking into.

Sweet jesus, this is the funniest thing I’ve ever read on the internet.

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