Letters to the Editor
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Relax, why dontcha?
We're all too damn tense as parents. From my own experience with scrutinizing and being scrutinized as a parent, almost anything you do looks shaky when viewed through a microscope by someone with a little power.
Both my male children reached a natural point where they didn't want to be seen naked and turned their backs if they walked in on me changing clothes. I got little less free about revealing myself, too. It worked out fine.
There's a difference between seductive behavior and natural nudity around the home. I saw my mother naked on occasion my whole life and didn't think anything of it. I often saw my father in his boxer shorts but never fully nude and it seemed to give male nakedness too much importance. I don't think I would have been scarred for life if I'd seen his penis in a natural context.
Let's all lighten up and quit judging ourselves by the lives of celebrities (and busybodies).