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Figleaf fashions3/1/2023 “He was getting a little too big to be doing it, you know, especially in front of his brother and sister,” he said.Įxperts like Sharon Lamb, a professor of mental health at the graduate college of education at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, said it’s all but inevitable that children will want to spend time wearing only their birthday suits, especially in certain situations. Kohlbrenner’s son, Justin, 30, said he and his wife felt that their oldest son was too old to be naked. “If you can’t do it when you’re a kid, when can you do it, you know?”ĭr. Kohlbrenner, 58, a psychologist in private practice, who found out later that his son did not approve. Robert Kohlbrenner thought nothing of it last summer when his grandchildren, two boys, ages 4 and 10, and a girl, 6, asked if they could skinny-dip by the dock on a very hot day at his home on Oneida Lake in upstate New York. Sometimes it’s the grandparents who are more permissive. Mandel’s youngest set of twins, who are 2. Schwartz said she has since become more comfortable with her grandchildren’s nudity, something that now comes up with Dr. It felt inappropriate for them to be standing on the street in front of their house naked.” “I would pull up to the house and the girls were running around naked. But “when they got to be 3 years old, it bothered me,” said Ms. Mandel’s mother-in-law, says she didn’t have a problem with the nudity when Ava and her twin sister, Emily, were very young. My mother-in-law would come in and automatically say, ‘Ava, put on your clothes. “My mother-in-law also, they both felt it crossed the line of what was appropriate. Mandel said, explaining that the girl abhorred clothes. “My mother, it used to drive her crazy how naked Ava was,” Dr. UNFETTERED Aly Mandel, above, believes it's healthy for her children to be naked at home. “My mom and stepfather were very insistent on her having clothes on for everything,” Ms. Sarah found healthy, but that Mae’s grandparents could not accept. Rachel Sarah, 36, a writer and mother in Northern California, said that until her 9-year-old daughter, Mae, turned 7, she liked to wear only a T-shirt in the summer, a preference that Ms. Often, the differences in viewpoint are generational. These clashing sensibilities can create conflict, even when the nudity in question takes place at home. But for others, unclad bodies are an affront to civility, a source of discomfort and a potentially dangerous attraction for pedophiles. She said, ‘In our family, we always talk about how certain parts of the body are not for anyone else to touch.’ ”įor many parents, allowing a child to run around naked at home is perfectly natural, an expression of physical freedom that represents the essence of childhood, especially in the summer. “She expressed concern that we hadn’t talked enough about private parts. “The mom was sort of appalled that Alex got naked in front of her daughter,” Mrs. The classmate’s mother, however, was horrified. Nicola was taken aback, but after admonishing the girls and examining her son’s backside, she found the situation mildly amusing. The girls obliged, and after creating a shapely pink masterpiece, ran down to the kitchen to confess to their mothers. “Apparently, he decided to take off his clothes and was like, ‘Put nail polish on me! Put nail polish on my bottom!’ ” Mrs. Alex asked his sister and her friend to paint his fingernails and then suggested a fleshier canvas. Several weeks ago, however, it caused something of a stir when a classmate of Gabrielle’s and her mother came over for a play date. Usually Alex’s state of undress is a non-issue. “It’s a stage he’s going through, and he’ll grow out of it,” said John Nicola, 39, Alex’s father, a sales executive at First Data Corporation. Nicola, 44, said affectionately.Īlex’s desire to be unclothed is not shared by his twin brother, Andrew, or by his 6-year-old sister, Gabrielle. “In the morning he gets up and takes his pajamas off, and rather than get dressed right away, he walks around naked,” said Dawn Nicola, Alex’s mother, a stay-at-home parent in Castle Rock, Colo.Īfter school, he likes to take off his pants, recline on his stuffed animal chair and watch an episode of SpongeBob SquarePants while snacking on cheese-flavored crackers. ALEX NICOLA, who will be 5 in August, enjoys being naked as frequently as possible at home.
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