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Is it acceptable for an adult to be nude in front of a child?
Fri Oct 16, 2009 9:28 AM EDT
Actress Hilary Swank made waves when she admitted to sleeping naked and remaining naked around her boyfriend's 6-year-old son. She says it’s not a big deal, but what do you think? Is there a certain age when a child is too old for this? Would it still be a problem if she was the child’s mother? Share your thoughts!
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40%
Yes. It's natural and not a big deal, especially when the kids are very young.
2,135 votes

31.7%
No. Put on some clothes!
1,694 votes

28.2%
Maybe. It really depends on the circumstance and the age of the child.
1,507 votes

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No. Put on some clothes!
I would never let my boys see me naked, its just all sorts of wrong and why is she sleeping with her boyfriends child nude for!

7 votes
#1
- Jen-1415483
- 9:36 am EDT on Fri Oct 16, 2009
Maybe. It really depends on the circumstance and the age of the child.
I am a single mother and am raising a son. He is now 2 and I am seeing that its becoming a problem, if he was a girl fine, only when young
9 votes
#2
- Krisy+1
- 9:44 am EDT on Fri Oct 16, 2009
No. Put on some clothes!
I didn't feel comfortable walking around in the nude with my own children. Set an example, not just any example but a good one! Sheesh!
8 votes
#3
- PM0207
- 9:45 am EDT on Fri Oct 16, 2009
No. Put on some clothes!
Nudity is natural for adults who (theoretically) can deal with the stimulation. Children should not be exposed to it.
6 votes
#4
- Tomtx999
- 10:25 am EDT on Fri Oct 16, 2009
No. Put on some clothes!
If a man was walking around nude infront of a 6 year old girl he would be considered a pervert and most likely arrested. Get Dressed....
13 votes
#5
- aerodb
- 10:36 am EDT on Fri Oct 16, 2009
Maybe. It really depends on the circumstance and the age of the child.
Same sex parnt-child is ok at any age. Opposite sex parent after school age (5) it's a no. Don't confuse your kid.
3 votes
#6
- ELLENBABERS
- 10:38 am EDT on Fri Oct 16, 2009
Maybe. It really depends on the circumstance and the age of the child.
six is way to old, you have to teach them self respect and decentsy, she should put some cloths on!!
8 votes
#7
- dj2020
- 10:40 am EDT on Fri Oct 16, 2009
Yes. It's natural and not a big deal, especially when the kids are very young.
It depends on one's social culture. In Western culture the practice is taboo; in other cultures, it's normal. What was her intention?
5 votes
#8
- Snookums48
- 10:48 am EDT on Fri Oct 16, 2009
Maybe. It really depends on the circumstance and the age of the child.
If he accidentally sees her, it's no big deal. But deliberately parading in front of the kid... no way! Apply common sense here.
12 votes
#9
- kuskus
- 11:09 am EDT on Fri Oct 16, 2009
Maybe. It really depends on the circumstance and the age of the child.
If adult/child are of SAME sex, it is OK- briefly, while changing clothes, etc. Adults should be clothed when with children of opposite se
#10
- da6tj9
- 11:18 am EDT on Fri Oct 16, 2009
Yes. It's natural and not a big deal, especially when the kids are very young.
Chill out folks! Nudity is a normal thing...no wonder the world is so uptight! See the human body for what it truly is!
9 votes
#11
- NudeMomofBoys
- 11:41 am EDT on Fri Oct 16, 2009
Yes. It's natural and not a big deal, especially when the kids are very young.
We are all born nude; it is as natural as you can get. Get over your ridiculous religious dogmas, superstitions, and fears.
12 votes
#12
- ionfield
- 11:47 am EDT on Fri Oct 16, 2009
No. Put on some clothes!
Let's not overlook the fact that this kids IS NOT HER SON!! If she wasn't a celebrity of is it were a man, charges would be filed!!!
10 votes
#13
- Annoyed Citizen
- 11:50 am EDT on Fri Oct 16, 2009
Yes. It's natural and not a big deal, especially when the kids are very young.
Big deal, as long as she isn't over doing it (i.e. walking around the house nude or he catching them having sex regularly) it's fine.
5 votes
#14
- Marc Tuzel
- 11:50 am EDT on Fri Oct 16, 2009
Yes. It's natural and not a big deal, especially when the kids are very young.
I shower with my boys and don't think there is anything wrong with it for now. I don't think I will be doing it still when they are 6 thoug
6 votes
#15
- Colleen Scott
- 11:50 am EDT on Fri Oct 16, 2009
No. Put on some clothes!
A biological mother would be okay up until 4. Nothing past that, especially a girlfriend.
7 votes
#16
- wmsm
- 11:53 am EDT on Fri Oct 16, 2009
Maybe. It really depends on the circumstance and the age of the child.
Hilary Swank can get naked in front of me anyday...
7 votes
#17
- Grumpy-1338912
- 11:56 am EDT on Fri Oct 16, 2009
Maybe. It really depends on the circumstance and the age of the child.
My 8 yr old see me naked & doesn't think twice about it, but I ma his mother. It is a diff situation w/ a girlfriend.
4 votes
#18
- My2kids
- 11:57 am EDT on Fri Oct 16, 2009
Maybe. It really depends on the circumstance and the age of the child.
When they are babies, OK. Past the age of 2 or three? Put some clothes on or cover up.
5 votes
#19
- USAF VET, Too
- 12:00 pm EDT on Fri Oct 16, 2009
Maybe. It really depends on the circumstance and the age of the child.
This is not HER son so to me, out of respect for the child's mother and the child himself, I would suggest sleeping in something
6 votes
#20
- thoughtful-1416108
- 12:01 pm EDT on Fri Oct 16, 2009
Yes. It's natural and not a big deal, especially when the kids are very young.
Americans are so disgustingly uptight about their own bodies. I took my son to nude beaches until he was 15. Puritans. Nude is not lewd.
14 votes
#21
- USBear2009
- 12:01 pm EDT on Fri Oct 16, 2009
Maybe. It really depends on the circumstance and the age of the child.
If it is "no big deal" to the family, then no one else should worry about it.
9 votes
#22
- KJ in TX
- 12:02 pm EDT on Fri Oct 16, 2009
Maybe. It really depends on the circumstance and the age of the child.
Inhibition is a culturally learned thing, so it depends on what you want to teach.
8 votes
#23
- Eric-Maryland
- 12:04 pm EDT on Fri Oct 16, 2009
Maybe. It really depends on the circumstance and the age of the child.
Was raised in a home w/ open nudity. Was NEVER abused. My kids see me nude. But there's an age it should w/ mom/son or dad/daughter
5 votes
#24
- Sara-1416123
- 12:06 pm EDT on Fri Oct 16, 2009

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Have you posed for intimate photos?
Wed Apr 29, 2009 10:29 AM EDT
Paris police say that hundreds of intimate images of French first lady Carla Bruni were stolen during a burglary Sunday night. The photos and videos were taken from the apartment of her ex-lover's younger brother. If the images make their way to the public, they could cause much embarrassment for Bruni and her husband, French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Have you ever allowed someone to take intimate photos or videos of you?
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11.1%
Yes, and I regret it.
99 votes

38.9%
Yes, and I don't regret it.
347 votes

38.9%
No, and I never will.
347 votes

11%
No, but I might someday .
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No, and I never will.
Been married 52 years maybe because private life stays private
1 vote
#25
- mary westlake
- 11:24 am EDT on Wed Apr 29, 2009
Yes, and I don't regret it.
I had a professional take them for my husband, they were done tastefully & he loves them.
2 votes
#26
- jmr8302
- 3:45 pm EDT on Wed Apr 29, 2009
Yes, and I regret it.
Advised my daughter to never do it, but if she should, NEVER have face and body in the same pic. Plausable deniability!
#27
- Rita Marie
- 8:34 am EDT on Thu Apr 30, 2009
Yes, and I don't regret it.
Yes, and I still do! Been married 26 years and we both enjoy how they come out. If you take care of it, the body is as beautiful thing.
2 votes
#28
- PFields
- 1:45 pm EDT on Thu Apr 30, 2009
Yes, and I don't regret it.
My husband takes private photos of me with him when he travels. I am happy he likes to look at them.
2 votes
#29
- formeonly
- 9:57 pm EDT on Thu Apr 30, 2009
Yes, and I don't regret it.
I think most who have regrets succumb to the social pressures that showing the body where others can possibly see it is akin to infidelity
1 vote
#30
- Blake-389652
- 9:17 am EDT on Sat May 2, 2009
Yes, and I don't regret it.
I was young, thin & not yet a Mommy - I took the pictures myself using a mirror & sent them to my husband who was deployed at the time.
1 vote
#31
- seg-1078130
- 11:27 am EDT on Sat May 2, 2009
No, and I never will.
LOL....I can't imagine why anyone would want to see intimate photos of a bald overweight, 60 year old man! Fun to answer the question, tho!
#32
- Nor'easter'
- 6:11 pm EDT on Mon May 11, 2009
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Should coach who posed nude get her job back?
Mon Apr 20, 2009 8:59 AM EDT
A cheerleading coach at a high school near Sacramento, Calif., was fired from her job after a parent alerted school officials that the coach had posed nude as Playboy’s “Cyber Girl of the Week.” But some cheerleaders and parents support the coach and think she should get her job back. What do you think? Was she a bad role model? Should she still be able to coach? Share your thoughts.
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That has to say something about the parent doesn't it? What was the parent doing reading playboy?
#33
- justbeingme-1037222
- 10:09 am EDT on Mon Apr 20, 2009
NO, with sextexting and teen porn on the rise, now a "leader" poses nude? HELLO?!
why scratch our heads & wonder what is wrong with kids?
#34
- cdand0914
- 10:14 am EDT on Mon Apr 20, 2009
Looks like payback to me over losing her spot on the team. I have to ask why were these parents trolling the internet and lookin for this??
13 votes
#35
- Lyn-307031
- 10:16 am EDT on Mon Apr 20, 2009
she should DEFINITELY get her job back, one pathetic, jealous mother should not have any influence on the decision like that
#36
- amy-1037244
- 10:17 am EDT on Mon Apr 20, 2009
The father should have not been viewing the playmate site and he would have never found the pics....the mother played herself on live TV...
#37
- amy-1037244
- 10:18 am EDT on Mon Apr 20, 2009
yes give her here job back
#38
- bob-82858
- 10:25 am EDT on Mon Apr 20, 2009
The issue is a spoiled girl who got kicked off the squad and her indulgent & vindicitve parents. Coach's past is her PAST,not her present.
#39
- Marie-1037489
- 11:21 am EDT on Mon Apr 20, 2009
NO Teachers accept to have higher standards to be able to teach. She accepted them. Does she want parents to see her as a teacher or naked?
2 votes
#40
- MKC-TN
- 11:23 am EDT on Mon Apr 20, 2009
Yes! I think the picture was done in good taste. Besides. Who was on playboy anyway, and why? Seems like THEY shouldn't be there.
#41
- Bonnie -1037524
- 11:28 am EDT on Mon Apr 20, 2009
It shouldn't matter what she does in her personal life, it's how she conducts herself at work. Parents got upset and "blew the whistle"
#42
- arrowhouse
- 11:34 am EDT on Mon Apr 20, 2009
No way should this woman be allowed anywhere near children as a teacher/instructor/role model.
2 votes
#43
- Irene Yar
- 11:35 am EDT on Mon Apr 20, 2009
Yes she should get her job back. Cheerleading is all about looking hot in the first place. Show me one, just one, unattractive cheerleader
7 votes
#44
- Greg-281912
- 11:35 am EDT on Mon Apr 20, 2009
Total payback!!!
7 votes
#45
- arrowhouse
- 11:39 am EDT on Mon Apr 20, 2009
I feel that she should do what ever she wishes in her spare time. I also think she should start working for playboy myself. Looks lik she c
#46
- JWC-1037572
- 11:40 am EDT on Mon Apr 20, 2009
"HISS boom bah!"
2 votes
#47
- Judy N
- 11:40 am EDT on Mon Apr 20, 2009
Yes, she should get her job back. What was the dad doing on that site where he found the coach nude anyway?
#48
- Roger-1037646
- 11:59 am EDT on Mon Apr 20, 2009
They only found it because they were surfing Playboys site, so whoever found it got offended because of their own surfing.
#49
- The Sacramento Don
- 12:19 pm EDT on Mon Apr 20, 2009
Yes she should get her job back. posing for Playboy has nothing to do with her ability to coach young ladies.
8 votes
#50
- Jonferr
- 12:24 pm EDT on Mon Apr 20, 2009
Yes, she should get her job back, end of discussion
8 votes
#51
- Richard Payne
- 12:27 pm EDT on Mon Apr 20, 2009
no
1 vote
#52
- MaBry
- 12:28 pm EDT on Mon Apr 20, 2009
I believe she should get her job back! The father that found the pic's should have been trying to be a role model not looking
in a Playbo
#53
- jimbean33
- 12:30 pm EDT on Mon Apr 20, 2009
I think the coach should get her job back! Sounds like to me the girl and her parents wanted payback or that is how it seems.
#54
- niccan
- 12:36 pm EDT on Mon Apr 20, 2009
she should get her job back. Posing on a LEGAL website when she was not the coach yet, should not affect her job.
#55
- mholl31
- 1:02 pm EDT on Mon Apr 20, 2009
Yes. She is not done anything illegal. Or should we start firing teachers and removing children from parents who smoke since thats bad.
#56
- Mark-1037913
- 1:05 pm EDT on Mon Apr 20, 2009
The parents that turned her in and thier daughter are scum, but no she should not be able to teach after such activities.
2 votes
#57
- FEDupNOW
- 1:13 pm EDT on Mon Apr 20, 2009

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