My wife and I are not so much having a debate as wondering when we’ll realistically need to stop. We don’t parade around the house, more like we’re too lazy to get dressed some mornings. We’re not particularly shy about our bodies, although we don’t flaunt it. Complicating all of this is that we have a 2 year old son and two more on the way. Said two year old is pretty damn quick, and while he is curious about our bodies, its not prurient as much as it is “what’s that?”.
Obviously, it will have to take into account our kids’ comfort level, but at this point, we don’t really have any indicators.
My wife and I were the same way and continued to walk around nude to semi-nude until our son was around four.
Consequences? Well he is seven right now and a full fledge nudist at home. He also isn’t as curious about the human as other kids are because he has seen it all and had it all explained at a very early age.
It’s not something I would tell everyone to do but for us there was no negative effect.
I love to walk around the house nude, but my wife thinks I’m crazy.
We have no children, but IMHO I don’t think I would have a problem with my two year old or younger child seeing me naked. I’m not sure exactly where I’d draw the line but certainly before age 5. A five year old may have difficulty in ascertaining the difference in what is appropriate at home vs in public? Beyond that, five year olds love to tell stories and having my kid concoct some wild fabrication loosely based on the facts leading to DCFS in my home is not my idea of a good time.
Occasionally there were times in my childhood home where I would have to bathe in the master bathroom instead of the kids bathroom and no matter what time of day it was or how old I was, (always at least 8 years old) when I passed through the master bedroom on my way out, I could always count on an eyeful of dear old dad buck naked. From my earliest remembrence of this, I thought it was pretty sick.
With our first, we didn’t change our habits until she was somewhere around 4, maybe 3. We don’t walk around nude anymore, but we don’t shriek and run and hide if the kids happen to see us. We’re trying to find that fine line where they learn a bit of modesty, but without shame of their bodies.
I just went through a rough weekend with my 18 year old’s girlfriend here for the weekend. All my kids are used to my lack of clothes inside or out (we live in the woods). My oldest is 21 and the youngest 12. I had to either wear clothes or stay in my bedroom.