“The Joy of Life” by @driptorchpress
Kids hate clothes. It almost seems trite to write that sentence. No one should have to explain how much kids enjoy naturism. Unfortunately it isn't that one has to explain how much kids hate clothes, it’s that one has to explain why it’s OK for them to be naked or to be exposed to nakedness.
As I explained in my last two posts about naturism/nudism (not my photo commentaries, the other ones!), naturism has numerous mental, emotional, and even physical benefits for adults. All of these benefits apply to children as well. In fact, some of the curative benefits in adults act more as prevention in children.
Take body shame for example. Children who grow up as naturists learn from their youth what real bodies look like. They never see Photoshopped nude people and think “that’s what people look like, why don’t I?”
Kids who grow up around nudity also exhibit less porn use. The effects of porn are only now really being documented by scientists but they are finding that porn does affect brain wiring, especially in youth.
Porn addiction typically starts with a natural curiosity into what the bodies of the opposite sex looks like or into the way people have sex. Kids who are exposed to normal natural bodies do not have the same morbid curiosity about the body of the opposite sex. Sure, they still find it attractive, but they are not seeking peeks of it in the dark of the night. Their experience is more open and less sinister.
They also have a tendency to understand how sex works from a much younger age. This is not because nudist environments are bastions of free love and sex as some would think. It is because kids are smart and can put two and two together. Just like farm kids who see animals mating all the time, kids who see male and female parts all the time do figure out what they are for. I dare say this occurs at a much younger age than kids who are prevented from ever seeing genitals except for their own.
Kids love to be naked. And if you raise them right they don’t mind if others are naked. They respect their bodies and those of others. They are also less inclined to destructive porn addictions or sexual dysfunction. Not only is it OK for them to be nude or to see others in such a state, it's actually quite healthy and beneficial.
For more in-depth analysis of kids and naturism look up “Naked Child: Growing Up Without Shame” by Dennis Craig and William Sparks.
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