So this couple, Ben and Marina Fogle, are raising their 8 year old son and 6 year old daughter in what they call a 'naked house'.
When it comes to sex and body image issues, there is no place to draw the line. They are quite blunt and open about it with their children, so open that they pile up in the bath with their children.
About this Marina says, "I heave a sigh of relief that my imperfect body – cesarean-scarred and stretch-marked, and with breasts that bear the hallmarks of two well-fed babies – is still serving to give my children a healthy view of what a normal body looks like in a world of Instagram filters.
"If my years of parenting have taught me anything, it’s that honesty, although not always easy, is your friend."
Another parent to children aged 21, 15, 11 and 4. Deborah, also admits to walking around naked in front of her children in order to teach them to be proud of their bodies. She says, "If a parent is too ashamed of their own body to walk around naked, then they should expect their child to end up with possible body issues and low self-esteem."
*Is there no other way to teach your children body positivity i.e. to love their bodies the way they are, without getting naked in front of them? And you wonder why so many children have a warped view of life issues. It's either they are being fed the wrong information or the right info is fed them wrongly.
All of the things these children are being exposed to with time affects them and their perspective of things. For example, more children have been diagnosed with gender dysphoria (identity disorder) in the recent years. I believe this is so because of what their young minds are being exposed to at home, in school, on TV, in the society. With the way media, internet and social media have grown and made the world a global village, these things get worse by the year.
This is poor parenting and it's sad. It's too extreme and unhealthy for the children. What are you exposing your children to?
When it comes to sex and body image issues, there is no place to draw the line. They are quite blunt and open about it with their children, so open that they pile up in the bath with their children.
About this Marina says, "I heave a sigh of relief that my imperfect body – cesarean-scarred and stretch-marked, and with breasts that bear the hallmarks of two well-fed babies – is still serving to give my children a healthy view of what a normal body looks like in a world of Instagram filters.
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"If my years of parenting have taught me anything, it’s that honesty, although not always easy, is your friend."
Another parent to children aged 21, 15, 11 and 4. Deborah, also admits to walking around naked in front of her children in order to teach them to be proud of their bodies. She says, "If a parent is too ashamed of their own body to walk around naked, then they should expect their child to end up with possible body issues and low self-esteem."
*Is there no other way to teach your children body positivity i.e. to love their bodies the way they are, without getting naked in front of them? And you wonder why so many children have a warped view of life issues. It's either they are being fed the wrong information or the right info is fed them wrongly.
All of the things these children are being exposed to with time affects them and their perspective of things. For example, more children have been diagnosed with gender dysphoria (identity disorder) in the recent years. I believe this is so because of what their young minds are being exposed to at home, in school, on TV, in the society. With the way media, internet and social media have grown and made the world a global village, these things get worse by the year.
This is poor parenting and it's sad. It's too extreme and unhealthy for the children. What are you exposing your children to?
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