Letting toddlers run around naked -- innocence or indecency?

All of my kids run around naked. I let them be out front naked until about 2, then they have to cover up. In the house and the backyard, my 6, 4, and 1 1/2 year old are still nudie. It's isn't about letting then be cute, it's about letting them be comfortable in their own home, which every one deserves.

So, what's the point? I don't understand the psychology behind it. Does running around in their natural state intended to showcase their innocence and cuteness and preciousness? Common sense says that a toddler in a diaper makes far more sense and is more sanitary...and a lot less mess for Mom to clean up.

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And this is why half of the population freaks out over skin in some random ad on a billboard... I believe there is an age where you nedd to explain to your child that nudity is only ok to a certain extent. But to tell them that being naked is BAD is absolutely freaking ridiculous. Loosen those tights a little bit people. We're all born naked and should not be shunned for letting 2 years old run around naked! If we were more open to the idea of nudity it would never be a big deal in anyone's eyes. But eveyone makes such a big deal about seeing some skin that the entire US gets into an uproar any time they see any skin what so ever. Stop being so freaking uptight, let go and learn to enjoy life a little bit or at least let your kids enjoy life a little bit.

Strap a plastic diaper on your butt for 24 hours, and see how it feels.
Let babies be babies on your own property.

ok ok I guess if I have my own house by the time I have kids (which I hope I do) I will probably let them run around naked but ONLY inside the house AND if no one is around.

why is the body a sex object. both male and female bodies are beautiful in there own way, besides there children, let them be free cause when they get older like us,some of us dont even want to be naked in front of the mirrior. let the kids enjoy!

I wouldnt let them run around in the front yard where they could be "ogled" by pervs. Cause I do NOT agree that it is the same clothed or not. I dont want some sicko taking a pic of my sweet baby and jacking off to it later!!!! but when potty training I did the naked thing with each of mine and it worked great. We all tend to walk around in our undies while brushing teeth and such in the morning. I think that they should know they should not be ashamed of their bodies but on the other hand a certain level of innocence needs to be maintained as well. once my children started to notice their difference they could no longer coed bath :)

also, we have a saying "undergarments are just like bathing suits" Fine to brush teeth in. Now I dash across the hall to get a robe from the bathroom yelling "pretend it's a bikini, pretend it's a bikini!" My tree year old sis likes hanging around the house in her dora princess undies.

Yes i would have to agree and say that a diaper makes more sence in the front yard but i would see no problem with my kids naked in the house or backyard since these places are more private. I have two girls and am always very cautious about men i always have been. thats just how my mother was with me. the sad thing is it could even be people you are close to and comfortable around.

I don't have children, but I think it's fine as long as you are supervising. Although, I'd imagine i would only allow it outdoors if I had a suitable yard. I wouldn't allow them to be in the front yard or if I lived in very close quarters with my neighbors I might have second thoughts as well.

As for what I said about supervising, when I was a child I had a neighbor (I don't remember her age, but she didn't talk, even though she was old enough where she probably should have - maybe 4-7?) and she would run around the neighborhood naked, completely unsupervised. Her parents were home they just told her to go outside and didn't go with her...I'm assuming they wanted her to stay in the yard, but she never did. Even if she did stay in the yard it was not a good situation. I know most (or I'd like to hope) people would not allow that, and if memory serves correctly I believe that girl was taken away by child services. I would say luckily, but who knows if she ended up better off once she was "in the system"

Anyway, I was going to say it wasn't acceptable at first because the first thing I thought of was that girl...but after thinking...it would be fine under certain SUPERVISED circumstances.

Why are people so quick to judge others? Does my daughter run around naked? No. But in order to get her potty trained I let her run around naked, and guess what? One day later, she was completely potty trained, and no messes in the house! I feel like it is my job to protect my daughter from others, and the steps that I take for her feel like the appropriate steps for me to take. That doesn't mean I have to push my views on others though and try to make them feel like bad parents. To each their own.

I think it's completely, 100% innocent if it's at home, in the yard or on your porch. It's your property, so if it's a hot summer day and the kids want to play, so what?

However, I think a sundress or tank top/shorts would be the bare minimum for going out in public. Not thinking about weirdos or sickos, but what about social norms? I had a friend who met me for lunch on a hot summer day with her baby in a diaper and I was a bit taken aback. It's like, what, you can't even be bothered to dress your child to go out?

Another issue for me with public diaper-wearing babies is sanitation. Something needs to be covering your baby's diaper-clad butt when they are sitting in the grocery cart I will later unknowingly use to when my produce to the register.

I see no problem with it. But on the other hand, my daughter just never ran around naked, not outside or inside. Not even in just a diaper. Now she's 4 and just runs around before and after a bath, but that's her. She doesn't like to be naked. I don't think I would let her out front naked, because we live in a populated subdivision, in the back yard yes. I wouldn't mind it.

You can almost tell where these people live based on their responses. I live in California and this crazy, intolerant, liberal state would have no problem letting gays in SF walk around naked on public states. Berkeley as well, but if a parent let their kid play in the front yard, police would be called and CPS would have a newspapter ready story about how the child should be taken away. On the other hand, if you live in a southern or eastern, midwest or whatever other state, it's no problem. I think it all a matter of where you live and the demographics of the area. I personally don't have a problem with it and I'm a single father of 5

HERE IS ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE IF YOU DID THAT WHERE I LIVE CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES WOULD HAVE YOU IN COURT THEN JAIL OR PRISON SO FAST AND THERE IS THE REAL POSSIBILITY THEY WOULD TAKE YOUR CHILDREN AWAY FROM YOU AND GIVE THEM TO SOMEONE WHO CLOTHED THEM ALWAYS

A neighbor kid, on the public walkway,a 45 RPM record, hanging from his parts,,another kid took a dump,and his pet dog, promptly ate it,,,probly don't like cold food

I don't think you should just take your child out of the house naked because he/she decided they don't want to put on cloths today. Now if you are home and they take there cloths off... so be it. There kids and thats what they do!! DRIVE YOU CRAZY you want there cloths on (thats the reason you put them there...) and they want to do whatever you don't want them to do. If you are in public however its worth a laugh and then its time to get them dressed again!! Don't stress over the little shinanigans your kiddos play... they are just expressing themselfs.

Perverts will be perverts and there is nothing we can do to change that. It is perfectly fine to let your little ones do so, obviously in your presence only. I did it when I was little. It's a mothers right. Besides, it's the only time in anyone's life where you can get away with it unless your're to be a stripper.

They are babies born bare A$$ed. Let them run free. Just not in a community park.