Should a father walk around naked with their kids around?

Uh, no. Just, no. WTH is wrong with this guy?

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What is wrong with being naked!?!

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I personally would think itā€™s weird, but I donā€™t walk around naked around my daughter either. If heā€™s wearing underwear around the house and in the bath cool. One of my previous roommates was a single dad who had full custody of his daughter and still showered with her (wearing underwear) at 7 and it definitely wasnā€™t weird she just wanted daddy to shower with her.

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:thinking: the roles are reversed in my household. I have all boys, 7, 4, and 9 month old. They boy come into the bathroom or my room all the time when Iā€™m showering or getting dressed. :woman_shrugging:t2:. They think nothing of it. I think nothing of it. Yet they know that people touching them is not okay, no matter who it is.

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I think all this changes when the child starts to become body aware and reaches puberty or prepubescecnt stage. In the privacy of your own home you should be comfortable and aslong as everyone is comfortable there is no problem. However interesting point someone made that the child may then think if someone out with the family exposed themselves it was normal. Aslong as everyone knows that only in the home and with who they live with, until someone becomes uncomfortable then there is no problem in my opinion :heart:

If you think a dad canā€™t walk around in his boxers then your all nonces end off

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Ok I can not believe some of the comments on here about itā€™s a red flag itā€™s a 100% no I think another said itā€™s a cps case, are you all for real he is there father not a complete stranger, my daughter is 2.5 she showers with her dad and she will even say to me daddy has a willy because he is a boy, it teaches them that males and females are different and that itā€™s ok to be different, I think it also helps them grow up to be confident in them selves being naked and liking there body, not being shy and feeling they have to be fully covered at all times. Yes when she gets to a certain age she will stop showering with him but Iā€™ll never stop him getting dressed or dry from a shower in front of her. Your all crazy to think there is something wrong with families being close and comfortable around each other

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Oh hell no y even ask

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What if the dad us raising the 5 yr old alone whi else us going to help her showerā€¦ GROW UP

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Yes completely fine I donā€™t see the problem. Itā€™s her father!

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Thatā€™s a hard no. Like wtf?!

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My partner just wouldnā€™t do that. He sleeps naked and if she wanders into our room, he asks me to take her back into her room so he can get up and put some clothes on.

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no sorryā€¦ i donā€™t agree with itā€¦ not 4 me

Bodies are naturalā€¦if you make a big deal out of a naked body then so will your childrenā€¦sure cover up the essentials and as they get older the kids naturally find thier parents bodies disgusting haha but at 5 years old I was walking around in just my pants to and from the bathroomā€¦I have no issues with itā€¦I have 4 kidsā€¦2 boys and 2 girlsā€¦all over 15 now but I still have no issues getting changed in front of my daughtersā€¦and will change my top in the same room as the boysā€¦its a bodyā€¦no big deal!!

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Depends on the culture. In some cultures this is normal.

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Rebecca Cousans what the fuck is wrong with people nowadays canā€™t even bath your five year old daughter or be in your boxers around them

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I saw my dad and mom naked well into my adult years. In fact we used to have morning family meetings with my dad on the toilet sometimes :rofl:

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Whatā€™s the issue?
Heā€™s their dad? If his bits are covered, itā€™s the same they would see if you all went swimming together or to the beach. Itā€™s only a bit of stomach and legsā€¦?
Obviously unless dads a bit dodgy but doesnā€™t sound it.
Nothing wrong in my opinion with him bathing female children either, theyā€™re his kids. Iā€™m sure he changed their nappies? Or got/gets them dressed?
We canā€™t de-rid fathers of fatherly duties :see_no_evil:

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people canā€™t wear boxes and bathe their kids anymore? damn this world is a mess

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We donā€™t wear pants in my houseā€¦ lol

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To the kid a penis is something you wee out of, so why is that an issue? Your adult mind is putting a sexual perspective on it.

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I mean it says heā€™s covering his junk so if so not that big of a deal walkign around the house. My dad used to walk around in just his boxers. As well as itā€™s his daughter bathing with her isnā€™t that big of a deal until she maybe starts asking questions about things or she feels sheā€™s ready for baths alone. Havnt we discussed this already somewhere sheesh. I mean Iā€™m sure some of yall have walked out in just some pants and bra or vise versa undies and a shirt. Hes her dad unless she is acting strange around him or other indications of something going on then its fine as well as it could be switched around to be the mom doing those things to. How do yall think nudist colonies are I mean they have kids they walk around naked 95% of the time. In alot of cultures and 3rd world countries all of this is normal. Hell alot of places have community bath day where they all go down to the river together naked and bathe.

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Absolutely pathetic not every 1 has small minded filthy thoughts some of us people are decent people n fetch our kids up to b lovin not filthy mined

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What person does with their kids is none of my business. As long as they are treating the kids right I hold no position to say. Answer to God for how you treat your kids as they are his kids first. My husband stays clothed

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No its gross. Ive no memory of seeing my dad naked and thats how it should be. Theyre not teaching their daughter body privacy and boundaries which is a safety concern because sheā€™ll believe people in charge are an exception and that could backfire. Good fathers want their daughters to learn that their body is their own and how to care for it because it raises a lady with good common sense down the line. I knew a guy who was helping his 11 year old in the shower and i completely lost my temper at him because it seemed so screwed up. How can anyone see that as good for them?

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The way it sounds is you mean covering his genitals with his hand, and that would be weird, if thatā€™s what you meant. Also, bathing with her is weird to me, because sheā€™s getting old enough to see the differences, but thatā€™s my opinion.

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Um, a dad bathing with a 5 year old girl is inappropriate, highly in my eyes and I think itā€™s not okay for a man to walk around naked with their child in the home. If they were younger than 5, then that might be different, but age 5. No way!!! Reading this just makes me uncomfortable

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Absolutely not. Very disrespectful. Why would a grown man think itā€™s OK to walk around the house naked with his 5 year old daughter? As she grows older she will think itā€™s OK to do it herself. And what do you mean he covers his genitals ( be more specific please)?

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Wait, he walks around naked and covers his genitals with his hands, or so you mean he walks around in boxers? At my house we are big on privacy and really teach the importance of not taking away any ones right to privacy and how their body is only their own so we model that by keeping ourselves covered as well. I think 5 years old is too old to be showering with dad in my opiniĆ³n. You can teach being comfortable naked and normalizing all bodies without having to be naked together.

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its only a problem if you make it one none of us wear clothes unless we go out mine is 6 and thereā€™s nothing wrong with it the only time there would be an issue is if heā€™s being inappropriate

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He should have a towel or underwear on around the house. He does not need to be showering the five year old daughter with him a son yes, because they have the same parts.

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I would never stop my daughters father bathing my daughter. What one family deems acceptable another family doesnā€™t. IT IS NO-ONES PLACE TO JUDGE ANOTHER!

If you believe something untoward is happening then of course say something but otherwise keep your nose out.

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I donā€™t feel comfortable with a father being naked around a daughter that oldā€¦if it were a son, a little different. But sheā€™s old enough to see differences, and seriously, whatā€™s his reasoning?!

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Me and my husband have 4 daughters and he only bathed them when I was at work if he really had too. He would never walk round naked always wears a dressing gown or clothed when walking around and definitely wouldnā€™t bath with them. Itā€™s not something that we think is appropriate especially at the age of 5. He wouldnā€™t bath them at all after the age of 2

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I seen my stepdad walk around all the time when I was little & its grose. Its not worth the risk, either of trauma to the kids or potential criminal charges to the parents.

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Unless you are a nudistā€¦ ( totally different post that I know nothing about) Itā€™s not OK.
You must teach your children privacy and rights to their own bodies.
That includes the parents. :woman_shrugging:t3:
You do you.
I would never be OK with that in my home.

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AS YOU SEE THE (NOS) SAY NO.
dose a father feel ok about this. think think ā€¦
when an uncle or cousin a friend happens to be around and does the naked number your 5 yr old will fine it ok and get abuse
Remember our kids spend most of their time asleep.
And WORSE the germ s the DONT clean when they go number one like ladies.

A good mom would stop it. It a heart beat to be sorry.

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Personally i say no. We are fully dressed in our houseā€¦my husband takes showers with our 2 year old son an takes a bath with our 9m old an i see no issues with that. But at 5 years old i see an issue only because at 5 year old they know bodie part. But like i said that is my own personal belief.

Iā€™m slightly concerned how negative a lot of these comments are and how quick people are jumping to conclusions without being part of and knowing the full situation. We should be teaching our children about respecting our bodies, body confidence and so on, not acting like theyā€™re something to be ashamed of. Not every man is automatically an abuser, nor is every womanā€¦ so to jump to that conclusion straight away just leads to other questions of why you donā€™t trust someone you laid down and had a child with? (Of course every situation is different, but for the most part.)

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Thatā€™s crazy that this is even a question lol :joy: thatā€™s absolutely disgusting that he would bathe with her and as for the walking around in just boxers thatā€™s weird this whole situation is but to each their own :woman_shrugging::flushed::clap:t2:

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I think any man with any respect to his daughter would not walk around naked or shower with her at that age. I know my ex has never let her see him in that way. He always said he felt weird with her seeing him.
So my answer is no he should not be doing that

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Walkin around naked is definitely not ok at least boxers. I cant believe some of these commentsā€¦ whew
And i can see giving a child a bathā€¦ certainly not with her at 5. Sounds extremely odd to me

In my option no it not ok for him to b showering with a lil girl at age 5 and running around naked in front of her would b a big noooo Iā€™m my books heā€™s not a father material if he is doing theses thing because he should b wanting to show her privacy and explain that they r different and canā€™t bath together and stuff like that my husband want even get into a tub if our daughter is around and will not even think bout bathing them at all cuz he said thatā€™s a big no screems child melster to him and makes him feel weard heā€™s went as far as bring them to my aunt to bath while I was working so he didnā€™t have to so my answer would b no to both ?s

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My daughter is older than 5 and it is not a huge deal if she happens a to see her dad naked. We all are usually dressed but it is not unusual to catch someone coming out of the shower or walk into someoneā€™s shower or pooper to ask something. :person_shrugging:

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Any real father wouldnā€™t hurt a child so yes I think its fineā€¦ in the bath id say jocks with a 5year old as they arnt a baby and I wouldnā€™t casualy have him walking around but going from the bathroom to bed room doing a quick dash is fine

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No. The fact that he covers himself in front of his daughter indicates that he knows it isnā€™t right on some level. I have a fit that my sister still bathes with her 5 year old daughter. Sheā€™s teaching her daughter to be more co-dependent. She needs to start doing things for herself. Also, nobody wants to see their parents naked. Iā€™m curious how old the other children are. Sadly, itā€™s one of those situations that if reported could raise all kinds of red flags with authorities.

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A huge no, not acceptable! We have a big family consisting of 3 boys and 3 girls from 16-1ā€¦ we do not bath any children together or with themā€¦ we stay clothed at all times. Iā€™d be furious if my man was doing this with our 4yr old daughter.

Not at the age of 5 no! Children at that age know the difference in genitals. The child is old enough to bath alone (with the parent stood close to monitor). There should be no reason the dad needs to be naked. Donā€™t get me wrong kids will catch you getting dressed or in your underwear but you donā€™t stand there and flaunt your body in front of them or walk about in a state of undress.

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American culture has conditioned people to believe the body is something to hide and be ashamed of, that nudity automatically equals sexual. I see nothing wrong with it and unless you are concerned something is amiss then donā€™t sweat it.

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If it was a mom with a 5 year old boy would your opinion be the same?
I hop in the bath with my boys because ever since they were babies, I took a bath when they did because I felt it was safer and more convenient as a tired mom but as they got older, more fun to bathe together because weā€™d play with toys and I had a game called ā€œmath in the bathā€ where I write equations on the shower wall and taught my 3 year old shapes by drawing them out.
My oldest is now in Kindergarten and asks if I can join in the bath because itā€™s no fun without me.
When he asks about my body I simply educate him- I found it was a good way to teach him about different parts of the body, why we have those part and how those parts belong to us and no one else at an age appropriate level.
I set a personal goal that after Kindergarten I wonā€™t join him in the bath but heā€™s grown out of the need to always have me with him.
Obviously youā€™re gonna have to draw a line at some point but why does it have to be in such a negative way?
I believe if anyone has to ask themselves that question, theyā€™re sexualizing a child which is of course wack!
If youā€™re worried about your partner bathing with your daughter thatā€™s on you. Because if you trust your spouse to not think of a baby in sexual way, why would that be an issue?

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My husband stays clothed with all our children and im the one giving baths he dont even like doing that much less being in the tub with them but thats my house every person is different

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And, I think bathing with your 5 year oldā€¦ Is weird. They know the difference, theyā€™re that age that they start noticing things. That being saidā€¦ How many of you momā€™s, saying all thisā€¦ Still shower with your 5 year old sonā€™s? Be honest.

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Absolutely not. Why would he even be walking around naked to begin with?? Thatā€™s just strange. Bathing would also be a no at that age

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I think its important to start teaching privacy even before age 5ā€¦ I would not be okay with any of that.

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If u have to ask if he should b bathing with a 5yr old girl, then u have issues tooā€¦Do u really have to ask!! Why would this behavior be aloud

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So disrespectful! Idc thatā€™s the father. My girls never seen their dad like that.
If he thinks thatā€™s ok he needs a wake up call.
You donā€™t want her to think that thatā€™s ok to see all the time.

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Both parents should be dressed around kids

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I think it depends on what you mean. Like hands only covering? Bottoms only, like boxers or shorts? If were talking with some type of clothing material as coverage, no big deal. But just hands? No. Absolutely not

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i think thats prob normal for the families who think its normal. if you gotta ask if this is okayā€¦than ur intuition is telling you its not okay and ur asking the world to confirm that ur intuition is rightā€¦it is.

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No not at 5. Have respect & dignity!

My opinion. Bathing? No. But when you saying walking around naked covering genitalsā€¦ do you mean like in underwear or with like swim trunk type covering. Or like hands covering with bare butt. Because the first yes. My husband will mow with his shirt off. As in hands covering with bare bottom? No.

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I have twin girls and I have never in my kids 7 years of life have I ever bathed with my children because to me thatā€™s just weird. My kids have been bathing themselves since they were like 4. They are very independent. I stopped dressing them since they were two. They pick out own clothes, bath themselves and put on their own clothes., but my point is if you teach them at an early age to be independent they will learn. In my opinion at 5 they should be bathing themselves.

I grew up with my dad in his underwear always kinda grossed me out lol bathing maybe with trunks or boxers on but getting a little old for that with dad maybe mom

I bathed with my son up until he was 3, but even now at age 5 he sees me naked when Iā€™m getting dressed. I dont make a big deal about it :woman_shrugging:

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No and no. Wait till the child is asleep then walk around however you please.
And bathing togetherā€¦ no.

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Wearing jocks in bath is a good idea

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Nope not in our house. Each to there own.

It goes both ways mother or father wtf you walking around the house naked anyway :joy::joy::joy:

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No. Diffrent with boys and new born baby but 5 years old thatā€™s just weird

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I donā€™t think a father bathing his daughter is bad, nor do I think itā€™s bad to walk in his boxers, UNLESS your little girl is feeling uncomfortable or you feel like something is going on, if thatā€™s the case you need to put a stop to it

The bathing thing is a no for me. No offense but I have lots of memories growing up, my dad naked and at that height noooo thanks! Thatā€™s not something Iā€™d want to remember or my kids to remember. But thatā€™s my opinion.

A dad walking around in underwear or boxers seems fine to me. Same thing for family showers if papa wears undies

Thatā€™s gross AF. I have never met a decent man that would even want to bathe with a daughter. Thatā€™s just disgusting.

My husband stopped this when our daughter was 6 months old

Questions of morality are not for the internet. Different lifestyles(nudists) clash against most religions. And the law backs the freedom of the individuals within there own home. I wouldnā€™t do it, but I wouldnā€™t judge either.

He should wear underwear like boxers and no they donā€™t need to bathe together at all

Get that man out of your house

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Think of the height of a 5 year old. Ummm No!

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Soā€¦ What do you mean by naked? Only covering his genitals? Like does he have boxers on? Or? Iā€™m kinda confused

No there is no reason to expose the child to that.

Thatā€™s sound a bit weird. Why would a grown man want himself exposed or partially exposed to his daughter, at any age?

I bathed my boys until they were like 7ish :woman_shrugging: What if a manā€™s a single parent? Iā€™m thinking girls probably need assistance properly washing their hair for a while.

My husband showers with our two girls (almost 2 and 4). I have zero issues with it. I trust him and heā€™s given me no reason not to. They are just body parts. Neither of my daughters have acted bothered by it in the least, and both have done this with him since they were born. They have an incredibly tight bond with their father. I wouldnā€™t have it any other way. He doesnā€™t walk around naked, but thatā€™s his personal choice. I personally donā€™t think Iā€™d be bothered by it even if he did. My kids have seen me naked and my husband sees no issue with it either. What bothers you so much about it? Does he give you reason not to trust him naked around your daughter?

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To any parents that feel comfortable with something like this I am assuming you have never been through anything as a kid. To those who have Iā€™m pretty sure would never allow this. I am telling you Yes trust your husband or the kid his father Yes trust him. When it comes to this though itā€™s like you are letting your kids be a bait and you just never know if the men will bite! If something happens to your kid they will blame you for letting it! Please be on the safe side and donā€™t put the kids in this type of situation.
Giving a bath is not the same as exposing yourself and sitting in the bath naked with the kid.

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My opinion its not okay for parents to walk around without their clothes on. That said my kid walks in on me all the time, As for bathing your daughter if he is her father then yes he should bath her. If you are questioning if he is being appropriate with her then keep an eye out for that and if you know something is happening then get the children away from him by calling children services and reporting what is going on and call the police and file a criminal report if you know something is going on. but to answer your question about bathing his daughter would you bath your son. if you all broke up and separated who ever had the child in their care would be responsible for giving them a bath. The only way that would not happen is if the parent had actually violated their child. Actually getting in the tube or shower naked and bathing with a child of the opposite sex no after they are able to understand the differences. but them being in the bathroom telling the child to wash this or wash that and to help wash their hair then yes they should help in that way but not be naked in the tube with them.

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I think you should joint a group/seek resources for sex positive families.

This thread is full of shame, none of which is healthy.

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He has no respect for himself or his kidsā€¦

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Wait if hes covering his genitals is he naked? Are we talking underwear? Cause if so, heā€™s not naked. This question is loaded

My fiancee always has on shorts around the kids. If in underwear only, its only on bedroom or unless kids are asleep.

Was it okay for you to give birth naked???

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Is it ok for a mom to do it? Same ppl are going to argue itā€™s ok to breastfeed in public? Why is it ok for 1 and not the other parent?

At that age no parent should be walking around naked in front of their child.

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If Youā€™RE AsKInG tHeN YoU KnOw there IS a PrOBleM!

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Not good at all thatā€™s very wrong

My two cent walking around with a towel around him thatā€™s fine but the bathtub h e l l no

If you have to ask them thatā€™s a problem already.

It depends on how the kid feels about it. My mom walked around naked all the time and Iā€™m glad because I think it helped me be comfortable in my own body. But as soon as one of us kids told her they were uncomfortable, she started covering up. I donā€™t see any reason it should be different with a father.

Each to their own of course but I donā€™t see anything wrong with itā€¦ I bathe my daughter and she sees me naked, thereā€™s absolutely no difference between a mother and a father, itā€™s just a body fgs :woman_shrugging:t3:

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No. It is never ok to both questions.

No absolutely not ok.