[M.D. Holloway]

Getting back on topic...

This country has sme great things going for it but a few things are completely whacked. The whole nudity thing is just so strange. In Africa, South America and Oceania, the indigi folks are completely comfortable with it - seems like the more "civilized we got (europe & Asia) the more uptight we got.

As far as we are concerned, our kids often see us in the nude infact many times they take baths with my wife and sometimes showers with me (not often because they say I hog the water!). They hve shown curiosity but are often told that certain parts of their bodies (and ours) are private and no one is supposed to touch them. They show no signs of maladjustment or excesive obcession. In fact, the kids that have uptight parents seem to engage in more "enquiring ' play than our kids. Ours just don't see a big deal in it. We were on Sounth beach last year and my son saw plenty of topless women and he didn't get all giggly or gawk (like his dad!). He just took it all in stride...