Is that the only reason you wouldn’t? Culture?It seems to me a cultural matter.
No, I wouldn’t. Where the public nakedness is out of the culture (expecially in western culture) to be naked becomes immodest.
(However, until early 20th century, the boys swam naked at East River).
In our culture there are all this problems.Is that the only reason you wouldn’t? Culture?
What about sexual predators and pedophiles?
I am not arguing that in India children should go naked. I only see that, in other cultures, people have a different idea about this theme.The same who exist in India where you’re arguing children should go naked?
I told only that in our culture now public nudity is immodest (with all the consequences). Perhaps it would have been different a century ago, but we are living in our time…Because if you let your kid run around nude in New York City… they’ll be in the East River alright… floating.
Why are you so angry? Anyway I stop here the dialogue. Have a nice evening.You assume that because of “culture” that these people do not exist in India?
Are you kidding me?
India is NOTORIOUS for child sex tourism.In our culture there are all this problems.
Protestants and Baptists and Jehovah’s witnesses have lots of different ideas about the theme of Christianity as well… doesn’t make them right.I am not arguing that in India children should go naked. I only see that, in other cultures, people have a different idea about this theme.
I was in India with my wife and my son for a vacation. We visited also a friend Indian family that lives a little town in Andhra Pradesh. They have two sons, 5 and 3 years old. Our friends told us that usually the children, at home, wore only the traditional Indian belts, but they would have told the children to wear their shorts if we disliked.
Really we were a little worried for our son (5 years old), but we thought that we should have to respect their custom.
Finally our son played with his mate in the same arrangement.
Perhaps there are not general rules about modesty.
Do you know this sort of Indian waist-belts? They are simple laces that don’t cover anything. Our son was playing for ten minutes with his new mates, when he asked for permission to take off his clothing. Later our friends gave him a belt.
We were in India, not in America: “Si fueris Romae, Romano vivito more, si fueris alibi, vivito sicut ibi.”
I didn’t think at this discussion. I only gave an experience that taught me that, in different cultures, there are different ways to look at the life. So now I can say that those Indian children were modest also wearing their belts. Perhaps this is out of our standards, but this is our problem, not their.
God clothed Adam and Eve for their shame. Those children were not ashamed.
No, I wouldn’t. Where the public nakedness is out of the culture (expecially in western culture) to be naked becomes immodest.
(However, until early 20th century, the boys swam naked at East River)…
What do you think about children’s modesty?
I don’t understand how the child wouldn’t be thoroughly confused at some point, when you introduce modesty at a certain age after you’ve let him/her be naked for part of their childhood and treated it as completely normal. Then you tell them that the very thing you let them do is now inappropriate.St. John Vianney addresses this in one of his sermons. He believes that the modesty of children should be as sacred as that of any person, of any age, and he also said some things about parents guarding their children’s modesty, starting at infancy. He also was concerned how many parents didn’t protect their children’s modesty.
I don’t understand how the child wouldn’t be thoroughly confused at some point, when you introduce modesty at a certain age after you’ve let him/her be naked for part of their childhood and treated it as completely normal. Then you tell them that the very thing you let them do is now inappropriate.