Thursday, July 16, 2009

Children (Voluntarily) Without Clothes

A cute New York Times article about when it is appropriate to allow kids to run around without clothes. While I think nudity should be more desexualized than it is in our society, it is currently the case that nudity is closely related to sexuality. Allowing children to run around naked could help desexualize nudity, but it could also leave the children confused and frustrated when they become too old and have to start wearing clothes. As someone who wasn't allowed to leave her room until fully dressed (and sometimes with 5+ layers!), I would have certainly appreciated more time to run around with fewer clothes.

1 comment:

Tara said...

Hey, the article looks cool but you got an a inserted before the 16 and the link should be: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/16/garden/16nudity.html?_r=2&em