At what age does it become inappropriate for parents to bathe or shower with their children? Or having them see you naked in general?
As others have said, this partly depends on culture differences, but...It can also depend on other factors. I'm a mother of two boys and two girls. The first boy still took a shower with me when he was three, but it stopped before he was four; I can't remember exactly when. It was my choice, even though there were not issues. (Note: I bathed my infants safely until they could sit up, and then they'd take showers with me. Whereas either my husband and I rinsed them in the shower a few times, we avoided that, since really it's potentially dangerous.)Then my second boy, who is four years younger than the firstborn, showered with me until he was around two. He was simply too curious and touchy. He started bathing with his older brother, but that soon came to and end as well, because he wanted to touch the older brother. So I had to talk to him. I'd have to bathe him separately to get him clean. Besides that, the then six year old boy had already reached the age—for him—at which he didn't want to be seen naked nor wanted to see us that way. The younger boy is now 8.5 and sometimes shows up in front of someone naked and doesn't make a big deal over it. The two girls still shower with me. One is six, and the other is about to turn four. They sometimes take a bath in the garden tub, but they otherwise shower with me. It's no problem. I remember my younger sister and I taking a shower with my mother. No problem. We stopped sometime a few years before our teens. As a teen, my best friend and I showered together whenever we'd spend the night together. No big deal. My girls are beyond taking a shower with their dad, but that was cut off around three. He sometimes showers in the morning, in addition to the regular night shower, and the kids thought it was fun to get in, too. The boys did when they were little, too. They'd sit in there for awhile, then I'd get them out and dry them. I wouldn't see a problem with the boys still showering with their dad, bit neither want to. The oldest is VERY private, lol, and he's every bit as respectful to others' privacy.
What did your parents do when they caught you smoking weed?
Haha okay this still makes me laugh!I'd been smoking weed since I was around 11. I was about 13 and while I was looking for sand paper for a school project, I stumbled across a random seemingly empty coffee can. Curious, I peaked inside and found a rolled up sandwhich bag with green stuff in it. I unrolled it to check out it's contents and found an 8th of weed! I was so excited because at the time I didn't have any. So I dipped in and took a good size nug and put it back before I got caught!!I continued to randomly take some here and there. Making sure I didn't take a noticeable amount, and rolled it up how I thought it was. I did this for a few months, thinking how sneaky and awesome it was…Well one day I ran out so I want into the garage as usual to dip into my parents stash can. But this time, the lid had in black bold sharpie: “Gotcha!!!” and the coffee can was completely empty. I was so scared, I want out the side door and went for a very long walk to think of what excuses I could give them. Nothing was really going to work. So I get back home an hour or 2 later, hoping things would just be left unsaid. NOPE. Haha they were in the living room waiting. My heart was racing, my mind about to explode thinking of my punishment. Starting blushing and sweating. Finally after what seemed like hours of silent parents staring me down, they finally said:“we always roll the bag up differently everyday so we figured you were taking some when the roll wasn't right… you need to ASK us next time. Can't stop you obviously from smoking, so instead of STEALING it from us just ask please.”I sighed a huge breath of relief. “Yes! I'm off the hook!” I thought.“Oh Megann, by the way, your also grounded for 3 months… “Damn… haha almost! They couldn't have been more mellow and nice about it. Surprised the hell out of me that's for sure! They could've done locked me up and thrown away the key for WAY longer then what I got, so that was pretty cool.The same scenario played out almost exactly the same when I got caught stealing their cigarettes too. Haha after I got a job at 16 my mom agreed to just buy me my own pack as long as I payed for them myself.
My parents won't let me go to a concert,but they let my brother do everything,help!?
Hi, im 14 years old (soon 15) and i want to see Rammstein (the German rock band) in a few months. My brother is 20 and they let him do everything! He can travel Europe and go on concerts- even when he was younger he could do anything.. I thought that he would go with me to the concert and maybe also some of his friends would go too but,when i asked my parents they said "maybe,no,stop being boring,stop asking" and then from maybe my dad said a clear NO out of no where.. My brother says he wont take me bcs he has to take care of me and watch me and he doesnt wanna do that. they say that im "too young to go" and that "the crowd is dangerous" but thats not true. i am very responsinable and rarely ever get "B"s , i almost always get stray "A"s and im very well behaved and always listen to what they ask me. they have a problem with the band,and say that they want to let me go to a stupid concert (some old guitarist that plays slow and boring music) but i dont want my first concert to be boring and something that i wont like. i love Rammstein bcs their German and i understand everything even tho im not German,and the music is great and really amazing,but they say i will start acting like a punk chic (which i would never do) and again, 'im too young' and 'maybe some other atrist will come' which they will never do,cuz i live in such a small country in Europe and artist rarely come here at all! but not that my fav band i coming and probably wont come in the next 2-3 years,they wont let me go and have a fun time? i dont get it,they say i need to be more independent when i go to high school in another town and i need to learn to be on my own,but wont let me go to a concert? wtf? my partents can be such a hanfull and dont get that theyre always favorising my brother and allowing him to do anything he wants just bcs hes older and he goes to medicine school like my father *hes a doctor* but i dont like medicine and my father always liked my brother more than me for that. i just want to go to the concert and have some good chilhood *or teenage* memories,but they wont let me.. my family is so boring and my life sucks.. pls help me!
Why do you think my parents did not circumcise me?
It would be helpful to know if they ONLY reason they didn't circumcise you was strictly for religious reasons and then to know exactly which religion it is that you practice. The other reason may very well be that over the past 30 years there has been a lot of controversy surrounding the circumcision of baby boys, stating that it physically and medically unnecessary, that it is cruel and tortuous to circumcise a baby without even the benefit of even anesthesia. The argument is presented that the procedure is done for "looks" only so the boy baby can look like all the other little boys as he grows up. Much light was shed on the subject and more and more parents refused to put their little baby boys through this archaic procedure. In the 1940s and 1950s circumcision became quite common in the USA. By the 1960s, 90 percent of all male newborns in the United States were being circumcised as routine procedure. As early as the 1970's the practice was being questioned. Babies throughout Britain and Europe are not routinely circumcised. Last but not least, perhaps the reason your parents refrained from having you circumcised is that men whose foreskin was previously intact and later had to undergo a circumcision reported the following: circumcised men reported decreased sexual pleasure and lower orgasm intensity. They also stated more effort was required to achieve orgasm. So whatdaya know? Maybe your parents had your future happy and healthy sex life at the very core of their decision to circumcise or not to circumcise. Yay you!
Around what age did you stop letting your kids run around the house naked?
Never. Their own natural modesty will take over at a certain point.
How do i convince my parents to let me walk to the park alone?
they from suotheastern europe (bosnia and croatia) and they get MORE WORRIED when i bring friends they think my friends might be a bad influence even if i knew them since kindergarten and my parents know them. and also my dad says they might be a sniper or something that might kill me and i told hi theres literally only like a one in a million chance ima get killed i live in a peaceful neighborhood and he told me "you dont look at the chances you look at your own safety!" which is stupid because theres ALWAYS a chance something might happen. theres a chance someone might break into our house. and i just feel soooooo angry because as i grow older i feel that i sould gain more responsibility and freedom but nope...same since i was 5 years old LITERALLY. and they wont let me leave anywhere beyond the front or backyard and all i do everyday is be on my computer and watch tv mom wont take met o park dad lies that hes busy and i feel my life sucks. what should i do?