Is there such a thing as to much nudity?

Hello everyone - nice to have found this board, seems to be alot of nice topics on here, helpful.

I do have a question and maybe someone could shed some light on it for me.

I raise my 8 yo son, no wife, and we live a nice life style. I have been a nudist for about 7 years and my son is nudist as well. We only have gone nude at home, but I have thought about going to resorts.

The problem, maybe it is a problem, I don't know, is that my son loves to go nude almost anywhere! Mostly at home he is nude 99% of the time. When friends come over, he wants to stay nude, but I have to tell him to get dressed. He does have one friend who he will go nude in front of and his friend might do it sometimes, his parents are semi nudist as well.

My son doesn't understand why he can't do it all the time, I don't know what to tell him so that he isn't ashamed of his body, but at the same time, he has to cover up at times.

Should I make a rule to go nude only part of the time, not all the time? Or what that confuse him more?

Thanks for the input.

John

 

At age 8, I'd have thought that your son would understand the concept that "When it's just us, we can do what we want, but when we're away from home or if there are visitors, we have to be dressed." And maybe he'd be happy to hear that there can be exceptions, people who are such good friends that clothing isn't required!

You could call the parents of Connor's friends and say "We'd love to have Fred/Pete/Dave/Suzy(??) over, but Connor really hates wearing clothes at home, is that OK? He won't mind if his friend stays dressed." I assume that last part is true! If he tries to talk other kids out of their clothes, a lot of parents might object. Likewise if they send their kid over and Connor is nude and they hadn't been told in advance.

You haven't said where you live, but you might look into a nudist resort. Some of them draw a reasonable number of families, others don't. If you went there, a little naked guy running around would be completely normal.

 

Hi Amo -

Never thought of it that way. Yea I guess I haven't quite explained to him why he cant be nude when he is at home and friends that are non-nudist are here. Not sure how to answer questions if he has any.

Don't know how parents would take it if I told them he would be nude if thier kids come over. He only goes nude with one friend, not any others.

Thanks

 

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Well no, I don't understand this and don't think it makes much sense. How can your own home be the "wrong place"?

 

Hi Connorsdad ... you must sit him down and explain this seriously and in detail. You two are nudists or naturists. You like it and its natural and OK to do it. No problem with it. But in public places, nudity is NOT allowed so we must use clothes. Also people can be nudists or NOT. They decide that. Normally run in families. We must respect the decision of others NOT to participate in this lifestyle. So its OK to be nude with one friend and you MUST wear clothes with other friends. Their families are NOT nudists and prefer that they NOT BE nudists. He WILL UNDERSTAND. If not, repeat the same session as many times as needed until he gets the point.
At this age he is not FULLY aware of sexual forces ... so you will have to continue talking to him and giving orientation on this issue.
The best is to find help ... identify a psychologist in your community who is tolerant and understand naturism/nudism so he can also help with some education and therapy. AANR could help identify people that could help.

Be careful about what he could do when visited by female friends ...
you guys could be in a legal controversy with the fems parents.

Good luck and ask any questions you may want.

 

To Connorsdad.

Why don't you take him to a nudist club or beach? There he will see naked people of all ages and both sexes. Maybe this will satisfy some deep-seated need on his part to go naked. By the way, I feel it is perfectly natural and normal for a young person to want to "return" to his days of being clothing-free, even if he doesn't remember them.

Many adults go through this period too, and many satisfy it by going to nudist clubs and mingling with other naked persons. It may not completely take-away his need to be naked, and hopefully will not, but it can give him some balance in his own nudist practice.

Your son knows what many who are not older do not, or have forgotten, and that is that being naked is Good! The only problem is that other less-enlightened persons do not realize this!