Well Rachel, this is interesting. I could no more walk around nude but it must be very freeing!!! And this is what makes these groups interesting and educational. Thanks.
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Rachel Watts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Re: We all hope that children grow up with a balanced view of life and a > good body image and yet some folk want to ban it from view. Speaking as > somone who chooses to spend vacations at nudist vacation sites, I could not > think of a more courteous nor safer place to bring children. I think this > must be cultural. Northern Europe it is almost a given, and Southern Europe > is almost nothing. UK is quite uptight and restricted. US cannot speak for > but think that there is quite restricted. > ---- US people can be very uptight about nudity. We have brought our 4 year > old to a nudist campground & he loved it. We are naked a lot in our home > (we live in New Orleans and restrict the amount of air conditioning we use > to save money.) My son said to me this morning, "Mommy. That is your > vagina. The part with the hair." Once he was asking about how babies come > out through the vagina which is a hole between the woman's legs. I said > that is right and he asked to see the hole (I think I was wearing underwear > at the time.) I told him "No" & he started ducking his head about trying to > see & saying "Just for a minute!" I think he assumed that I just found it > inconvenient to show him, not that I was uncomfortable. I just distracted > him into doing something else. I am relatively comfortable with nudity but > not quite that comfortable (plus I can imagine the stories that would come > up in school.) > > Re: Marko...I would say that the US is pretty conservative re. nudist > beaches. However, and it's gone now, but about 10 years ago there was > a portion of a beach in Rhode Island that was nudist....verrry > intersting. I myself could never do it, at least not at THIS age and > probably EVER, but wooohooo if that's your thing. > ---- I work with people with developmental disabilities, mostly involving > mental retardation. Some of the people we support went on a cruise a few > years ago. The top deck was reserved for topless sunbathing. One of the > people we support (a man) went up to the top deck & positioned his deck > chair so that he was facing the topless sunbathers (instead of the ocean > view.) Luckily one of my staff saw him, took him aside, & explained to him > that he could sit up there but he needed to face the ocean & just catch > glances discretely. > > Re: Go Ask Alice song > ----The "Alice" of the book's title refers to the druggie girl of that name > in the 1967 Jefferson Airplane hit White Rabbit, a song that expounds upon a > drug theme its lyricist found in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in > Wonderland. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/wnIolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Have you told a friend today? http://bookcrossing.com/tellafriend Archives and email list settings: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
