How to Practice Nudity in Your Family

gofree · 2014-05-14 00:31:29

As many people come to discover, sex and nudity are not the same thing. Many families are foregoing social taboos, and practice healthy and relaxed nudity in the privacy of their homes - feeling it promotes a wholesome understanding of the human body as it is, not as it is sexualized in the media. This article is not designed to coerce you into baring it all, but rather to help you learn how to comfortably practice nudity in your family, and decide if it's right for you.

1. Explore family nudity without feeling it's abnormal

Young children have not yet acquired a sophisticated understanding of modesty, and really don't care who sees them naked.

This is the time when the parent can teach children not to be self-conscious of their bodies or of their nakedness. This, in turn, will help children associate nakedness to routine activity instead of exclusively sexual activity. As a result, the more prurient forms of nakedness lose their "forbidden fruit" appeal.

2. Keep nudity natural

Allow your children - from birth - to see you in ordinary nude situations, as you feel comfortable. By being comfortable with your own body you will naturally convey the message to your children that nudity really is okay and not something to fear or be grossed out about. There are naturally times in life when clothes must be worn for protection and to adhere to societal norms. However, by talking with your children about being comfortable with nudity at home, your children will grow up understanding that being nude and being seen nude at home isn't something "uncool, horrible, and utterly embarrassing."

Toilet activities, while natural, are not something everybody is comfortable with sharing. Be true to your own personal restrictions - don't ever feel like you have to do something you're not comfortable doing. On the flip side, nude cooking is not recommended for anybody, regardless of comfort level! There are places where hot oil simply doesn't belong.

3. Start early

Encourage family nudity right from birth. You'd be surprised how quickly potty training takes root when your toddler is allowed to go bare at home.

4. Celebrate the differences

As children begin to recognize differences between themselves, you, and your partner, explain to them the reason for these differences. For example, "Mommy's breasts are for giving milk to babies like when you were small."

If the subject of sexual organs comes up (and it will), simply be honest and straightforward. "Mommy has a vagina, and daddy has a penis." Avoid using either silly or vulgar terms - they will be the words your children use when the subject comes up at school. And it will come up.

5. Avoid sexual expressiveness

Like bathroom time, sexuality is perfectly natural and normal. However, sexual displays are not for children of any age. It will likely confuse them at best, and traumatize them at worst.

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Be careful about with whom you share your family practices. Not all people will easily come to the conclusions you intended. Nudity and sex are still tightly linked in our society. Avoid exposing children to pornography. The best example is you, your spouse, and older siblings or relatives who bring a very real element to human nakedness.
Although this should be obvious to any well-meaning parent, care is advised during moments of intimacy and marital relations. Since the genitalia are a major source of pleasure during these times, be careful to instead emphasize the primary functions (birth canal, urination) of genitals to younger children. Anything beyond that may overpower their emotional stage of development and work against the wholesome environment you are trying to maintain. Marital intimacy is best left behind closed doors.
There are many great books on pregnancy and adolescence that separate the sexual aspect from the physiological changes of puberty. These books provide a very neutral clinical look at breast and pubic hair growth during the teen years, and include very candid photos of actual births. Influences like these help separate nudity from sex in the child's mind, and provide a framework where family nudity can flourish to the benefit of all.
A great side benefit to wholesome understandings of the naked body in the home is that when the time comes to explain human reproduction, there will be less tension from the children—and less to be uncomfortable about for you. Children will not have the distraction of embarrassment when discussing (what for others can be) "shameful" body parts. This in turn, will keep the communication lines open during adolescence.
A focal point for nudity that enables the whole family to participate together without artifice is very helpful. Young adolescents naturally develop increased modesty around the time of puberty. Realize that not all shame is bad shame. Good shame is ingrained to help us avoid compromising situations. But other shame is the result of social conditioning during childhood, and unnecessarily predisposes us to clothes compulsiveness.
Do encourage family members to appreciate nudity in fine art - especially considering that classical art is not bound by the hyper-sexualized and improbably body images so prevalent in today's ad-soaked culture.
The goal is to provide children the opportunity to see nakedness in a way that is almost non-existent in our society: to make it a neutral, non-sensuous part of everyday life in its proper context. This goes a long way toward inoculating them from the enticements so easily found outside the walls of your home and in the marketplace.
Exercise proper hygiene. When exercising family nudity, always encourage or require the use of a towel for sitting. As any parent can tell you, young children don't always exercise the very best cleaning methods after using the potty. Don't be embarrassed about teaching good, healthy personal toileting hygiene to your children. They look to you to teach them properly and correctly.

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gofree · 2014-05-15 23:15:05

Nudism is all about enjoying the beauty and freedom that you feel when you shed your clothes and return to nature. If you're not ready to practice nudism in public, you may want to try it in the privacy of your room before venturing outside.

Get complete privacy

Shut and lock all the doors and windows in the room that you'll be staying in. Especially at night, pull the shades or blinds. Put a towel or blanket along the bottom of your door if there is a gap between it and the floor. You want complete privacy with no interference. It's common courtesy for people in nudist clubs to bring their own towels to sit on, so you can start this practice in your own room.

Remove your clothing

Put your clothes in a pile in the same order that you'd put them on so you can get dressed if someone comes knocking on your door.

Do what you would normally do

Now that you've removed any obstacles in your way, as well as your clothes, you can just go about your daily life. So, don't do anything particularly special just because you're in the buff. Real nudists just do what they normally do, only nude.

Sleep naked

Many people sleep naked just because they think it feels good, even if they don't consider themselves nudists. So, a great way to practice nudism is to go to bed naked; if you're caught, people won't think it's too strange, because plenty of people do it. Also, you can just wake up in the morning and continue to be nude for as long as it's possible.

Gain a better understanding of nudism

Another great thing to do while you're all alone in your room is to research nudism online. You should have a firm understanding of what you're really doing. There are many misconceptions about nudism that you need to be aware of before you can say you truly understand it. Here are some things you may learn

Nudism is also called naturism because it's all about returning to your natural state.
Nudism isn't meant to be sexual. Being naked is meant to be perfectly natural instead of causing arousal.
Nudism is not sexually deviant, nudists don't make their daily lifestyle any more sexual just because they aren't wearing clothes. Nor does this mean that they are asexual.
You don't have to have a perfect body to be a nudist, you just have to be comfortable with what you've got.
You don't have to be naked all the time to be a nudist, either. Many nudists hold regular jobs and wear regular clothes when they "have to", though they are always looking for opportunities to be nude and express themselves.

Get dressed again

Unfortunately, you can't be naked in your room forever. Whether you're meeting friends at the movies or having a family dinner, it's time to put those clothes back on and to go out into the world. If you really are starting to feel restricted doing this and can't bear to be walking around with your clothes on all day, then you can start thinking about taking your nudism to the next level.

Take it one room at a time

Once you're fully comfortable practicing nudism in the comfort of your own room, you can take it to the next level - start exploring other rooms in the house when you know nobody is home.

Start by just going in the buff from your room to the bathroom before and after a shower. Then, try going to another room naked, even if only for a few minutes.
When you know no one will be home for a few hours, you can shut the blinds, and have fun hanging out all over the house in the buff.
Just make sure to have a back up plan in case people come home earlier than you expected (if you really care about explaining why you're watching TV in the buff.)

Branch out

Once you've mastered being nude at home, you can take it a step further - see how good it feels to get nude outdoor. Just be prepared for the reactions of people who may see you and could get the wrong impression, so try to do it in a place that is as isolated as possible. For example, you can go on a little hike into a deserted wooded area or swim out to a secluded beach. If you're not quite comfortable with the idea of going in the buff in the place where you currently live, consider branching out by finding resorts that are nude-only. This can be a great way to immerse yourself in the life of nudism.

Meet like-minded people

If you feel good about being a nudist, then you can take your interest to the next level by jointing leagues for people who are interested in maintaining their rights to be nude and to know where they can go to safely practice nudism.

Talk to your close ones about it

If you've liked the freedom and liberation you've felt from going in the nude, then you may want to have a conversation with your loved ones about it. Talk to your best friend, your boyfriend, or (eeeep!) even your parents, if you feel that this desire has become an essential part of you that people should know about. Be prepared for people not to understand what nudism is all about and to be a little bit skeptical or judgmental, at first.

If you're not comfortable, keep it private

If you just want to stick to being nude in your room or your house, then there's nothing wrong with keeping it that way. You don't have to be nude outside, in public, or around a bunch of other nudists. It's all about expressing your mind and body in the way that makes you happy. So enjoy being nude - wherever you're doing it!

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