Is it acceptable for an adult to be nude in front of a child?

Yes it is natural. Americans are too uptight with nudity and sex. Maybe that is why we have so many teenage pregnancies and std's. It is a fact that if tell someone not to do something they want to do it even more. Teach children at a young age about sex and maybe they'll make an intelligent choice when the time comes to actually have sex. Just like alcohol, I was raised here in the states but my father raised us in a more liberal "european" lifestyle... meaning we were taught at a young age about sex, drugs and alcohol. I saw my mother and father naked a lot. It is natural. Dinner, he let us have a little wine, (I said a little for all you controlling crazies out there who likes to but into everyone elses life and tell them how you think they should live).

So when I turned 21 it was no big deal, like most who run out and get smashed bc you have been told all the way to your 21st b-day that "YOU SHOULDN'T DRINK". I am now 34 I love wine but respect it as it is. I do not indulge in it, to me it is not a big deal.

Because my dad and mom taught me about sex at an early age I feel fortunate to not have had any of the problems a lot of families have had or have with teenage pregnancies and std's. I was given a choice as a kid and teenager and now I am an adult who is comfortable in my own and I love my body as should you.

Hillary swank is not naked everywhere, she is in her own bedroom, leave it at that. And mind your own business...

This time I but in and say stop saying no all the time, give choices it makes a difference

Parents do you know where your own kids are and what their doing? Probably doing what you told them they could not do. Give children and teenagers a choice to make good decisions.

Remember nudity was considered bad when the church started to dig their overpowering greedy hands into your home. Back in the day nudity, the human body and women were celebrated and admired. Where did all that go???

Geezis!!! It's time to drop the puritanical nonsense! I don't believe anybody is trying to promote indecency here but some people will take any subject involving nudity and pervert it.

Geezis, don't people have anything better to do than try to define what others should do in their private lives????!!!

Who cares? Only you fat skanks or religious hypocrites care. Born nude, die nude. Who cares.

HORRIBLE !!  My three children, two girls 13,15  and one boy 11 have been shielded from lewd behaviors.  No one is ever nude in our home.  Donald Duck with his sailor jacket and no pants will not have a cartoon on our TV.  Indeed, each of our children have blindfolds that are worn by them anytime they change clothes or bath.

Our home preserves true family values.

Our children are raised properly.

I look at people dressed and I get scared, seeing them naked could be frighting to any age!!

'oh oh oh'...you're a FREAK freak freak!!

Hillary is just being natural to herself in her bf's bed. Six yr old is coming in in am to greet them. I see no harm. I would make an attempt to keep my whole body from being exposed ie: not get up to go anywhere and stay partially under the covers to limit the exposure but frankly I had been naked around my young son quite a few times. When it bacame an issue my husband and I would lock the door. He simply knocked in the am.

A lot of the Europeans have spoken up, and suggested that Americans are way to prudish about nudity and the human body. I Agree, but that being said, that is the American culture, and when in America...do as the Americans do (as when in Rome etc.). She is in America..this is a social taboo. She should not be naked in front of someone elses kid. Why would she want to be?

This is something that kind of hit close to home for me. I'm 23 years old and my parents, both of my parents, raised my older brother and I with nudity in the home. It was NEVER a big deal to us. We were both so used to it, it never even phased us. It was never a matter of being sexual, it was just natural. There are so many cultures that raise their children with nudity and the only reason we have such a problem with it is because we're still not out of that "prudent" age of America. Why does everything about nudity have to be sexual? If the child is young enough, it's something that's being TAUGHT to be natural... they don't have the chance to take it as a sexual nature. He's six years old, he still doesn't know the difference.

My daughter saw me naked all my life, to my chagrin when I became the Pin-up Mom of the Kindergarten school wall, per her family drawing. The teacher had happily circled the likeness of my nude body (droopy mom boobs and all). We had always showered together until that time which she started bathing alone. However, I never and still haven't been able to get her or my grandson(3) to stop walking in on me when I am in the shower, or changing. My grandson has seen both me and my husband without clothes until now.

I have been lovingly trying to discourage him from coming in on me since about two months ago I was drying off, and he (on the toilet, potty training), said Ma-maw! I asked him what as I turned to look at him, trying vainly to cover my necessities. He said, looking very confused; Ma-maw, Your penis is ???(He didn't know what to think, since he and Grandpa look similar) I laughed, and explained that I am a girl, like his cousin, whom he and she had seen at a younger age when my mother supervised a shared bath (shocking both of them, but explaining to each that they were different only in that way, he a boy, and she a girl). He laughed with me ,nervously and then remembering exclaimed,"Oh! You's a gorl"(his language)! So, all is well. He know that he is normal and so is his cousin, and all is well with the world.

I am working on getting him to stop barging in on me because I explained, even Grandma's need a little privacy (a word he's beginning to understand).

In retrospect, I wish I had been more chaste, even with my daughter. When potty training's over so should be the shared bathroom. If these were my stepchildren, I personally would at the very least cover up when they come in (preferrably a robe).

Oh my!  Where is this child's mother?  She can't possibly be ok with this.  My boys are 8 and 10.  I started covering up in front of them when they started covering themselves in front of me.  They obviously had learned about privacy and felt uncomfortable with nudity.  HOWEVER, those are MY boys!  It is completely different with "Daddy's girlfriend" or anyone else.  I would lose my mind if I was this boy's mom.  An accident is one thing and that can be forgiven but for it to be intentional is wrong.  Would this boy let Hilary see him naked I wonder?  Would that be ok with all the parents involved?  What would Hilary and the Dad think if the mom's boyfriend was sleeping nude with the boy's little sister around? 

I am apalled that anyone would think that a person of the opposite sex being nude in front of a child would be ok. If a man did that in front of a 6 year old girl, he would be arrested and made out to be a sex offender. And where is the child's biological mom? I wonder what she thinks. As for the little boy coming in uninvited, if the door's unlocked, fair game. It's absolutely disgusting. Put some clothes on Hillary.

I can't believe that some people who are commenting think that it's perfectly ok to appear naked in front of your current boyfriend's six year old son until "he looks twice" or until he says "eeewww"! This is not her son, they are not even married and it's just plain crossing the line of decency whether she's too stupid to realise it or not.

This is a touchy subject for sure. I have 3 boys and, when they were smaller, my husband and I didn`t think anything about being nude in front of them. We both sleep in the nude, but I have a robe handy(my husband keeps a pair of sweat pants) when I have to get up for some reason, or am just getting up in the morning. But now that they are 16, 15 and 8 we make a point to cover up in front of them. (have since they were about 5 ) We have never been up tight about our bodies, but for me when they got a certain age, I just felt more comfortable not walking around nude in front of them.

As for Hilary Swank, I tend to agree with those that say she should definitely cover up. It just makes sense. The boy is not even her son and at that age, kids are usually starting to be more modest themselves.

If I were the boy's mother, I wouldn't care for Hilary being naked in the house unless the room is locked or the sheets are pulled up. That's descretion. As for me, I have two boys, 7 and 4 1/2. I try not to hide my nudity, like when I take a shower or am getting dressed and they come in to ask a question. I was raised very prudish, and as an adult, I realize how detrimental that was in personal choices I made. I was ignorant of so many things, to the point that it took a year to get pregnant because I didn't know when I was ovulating. When I was in my 20's, living with my boyfriend (who later became my husband), my mother wouldn't even discuss birth control with me, she said until I was married. That was the last conversation I'd had with her on anything related to the body. I swore I would not raise my kids to be ashamed of their bodies or to make sure they knew they could ask any question and get an honest (age appropriate) answer. My kids understand the basics of where babies come from and what breasts are for and how boys are different from girls. Part of it was them pointing at my body and asking questions, part was them comparing what their body has versus mine. Sometimes it's difficult to be a study tool, because of my own discomfort. Now, they hardly notice whether I'm naked or not, and I'm working on teaching them privacy. They certainly don't stare at my body nor is it ever, ever, ever a sexual issue. It's a curiousity and I'm glad I've been able to be honest with them rather than treating my body like it's something to be ashamed of.

We have 4 boys and 1 daughter. I showered with my kids until they were 2-3, when they started talking about differences they noticed. My daughter stopped showering with her Dad about when she could stand. She continued showering with me until she was 4, and at 4 insisted on showering alone. We asked our doctor, who in our limited world and having no family therapist to question, was our expert. He also offered his input on potty training and sleep issues and anything we weren't sure of and asked him. On every issue, we agreed with his suggestions , so hearing him say it just verified our feelings. So, Yes, it was our decision. But as we were deciding the right and wrong, there was no shortage of other people's opinion. We made the decision for ourselves and our children. It is a personal decision. My boys found Dad's Playboy, then ages 4,5,6,8. They asked why I wore clothes all the time -and these women were showing their private parts. They asked me if it was OK to show people their private parts if their teachers and guidance couselors had been discussing appropriate dress and touching and one of my 6 year old's friends had even been sent home for wearing a spaghetti strapped top where you could see her chest when she was hanging on the monkey bars. So I guess it doesn't make sense to bad mouth our country for their prudish thinking. Like it or not that is the thinking. They wil be ostracized and socially outcast for going against the standards of the Americans who live around here. I would not allow my children to go to any house where one of the parents - it doesn't matter who, thinks it is OK to allow her child to see her naked. Instead that child would be welcome at my home anytime. Not fair to that child...but I do not want to take the chance that my child will be exposed to someone's naked body. And those that mentioned it, yes, if the man did that we would call the cops for exposing himself. But now, we're talking about some woman who allows her boyfriend's 6 year old child to see her naked. To be that open about it , when the simple fix is to lock the bedroom door, sounds to me like someone who is probably getting off on exposing herself to that child.

If it were her own child then it might not be a problem I suppose.. How long has she know this child? Since he was a baby? If not then it's probably not appropriate. I know she isn't walking around nude but she could put a lock on the bedroom door so the child has to knock and she can cover up with a blanket or something. My husband and I both sleep in the nude. I had a 6 month old son when my husband and I met, we've now been together for 5 years. We started living together when my son was 9 months and were married about a year later. It wasn't a big deal being nude in front of my son at 6 months or even 9 months so we sort of just raised him up that way I guess. There are plenty of "natural" or nude colonies/groups everywhere that go naked most of the time infront of their children. We don't take it that far though walking around in a bra and panties or my husband in boxers is pretty common on the weekends, in the mornings or in the evenings. We walk around completely very rarely BUT it's not something we really think much about.

We now have 3 children ages 5 (almost 6), 3 (boy also) and a 10 month old daughter. We're currently trying for our 4th.

I think everyone has a different idea of what is innapropriate. Many people don't think you should breastfeed in public, at restraunts or in church... I on the other hand have no problem breastfeeding anywhere. I do usualy use a cover but if I don't have one handy and have a decent nursing shirt on then I'm not above nursing without a cover. I see it as natural. I don't mind if my older children watch or ask questions. It's all harmless curiosity. It's natural. Just like walking around nude is natural. I mean it's very very different from having intercourse or heavy petting whild nude infront of your children.. THERE IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE and I certainly don't do that.. I don't think this specific celebrity does either, I highly doubt it.

I think teaching children to be overly modest sets them up for problems with their own sexuality (as adults) and with intimate relationships when their adults. I think allowing children's innocent minds to remain that way as long as possible is very important. If you teach them them the naked body is bad, gross, ugly or inappropriate... you could possibly ruin their self confidence and who knows what else.

Get over it, everyone. What people do in the privacy of their own home with their own family is none of your business. Especially if its not hurting anyone. And there is absolutely no evidence of anything lewd going on here. So go mind your own business and stay out of other people's bedrooms!