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I think there is absolutely ‘a time’ when, as a dad to daughters, you notice, “You know what, being naked around the girls feels weird.” This naked awareness is a cultural change in a household like ours that is used to having young kids just bumbling in on my wife and I when we are getting dressed. I mean, lately I have been getting the impression that my 8 year old, who I have made an effort to not be naked around for a little while now, is on a secret scientific mission to gather data about her naked father and make him feel completely uncomfortable in the process. It didn’t happen gradually either, I mean for her perhaps, but when you notice a kid staring at you in the shower and they have nothing to say, you can’t help but to feel self conscious. My 8 year old now looks at me differently when I am getting dressed, undressed, and especially when I am recently out of the shower (see hawt). Our house has a split brain personality when it comes to the topic of being concealed. You see, my wife is diametrically opposed to humility in all its forms. I am convinced it has nothing to do with a personal belief or fancy political statement, but rather the fact is she has somehow remained oblivious to kids and female family members who are eyeing up her nakedness. You see, my wife is I feel like an object. I will be getting dressed in our room and my 8 year old will happen by and just kind of stand there with her mouth agape checking me out. It doesn’t matter at what point I am in the process of getting dressed, just the prospect of seeing dad getting dressed is enough to gain an audience. I am not getting amorous stares mind you, but rather cold, scientific, “what the heck is that” stares. So for all you dads out there that have kids approaching the “age of reason,” as I like to call it, here is a list of ways to know when you are getting “checked out.”
Once again, to write this article, I turned to Twitter Land and got some great input from these folks: Thanks! Bottom line, there is no way to know which is the right age to cover yourself up and with which kid this is necessary. Some kids might not ever (meaning until they are teens) seem awkward in the presence of genitalia. Some kids might seem more aware of nakedness and more inquisitive at a very early age. It is a subjective question that I think each family needs to deal with in a way that suits them best. For instance, Europeans seem to have less, if any aversion to being naked in front of their family members let alone strangers, but their culture is theirs, and yours is yours. What are some rules that have worked for you? Are you getting “checked out?” How does that make you feel? Do you have any good stock picks? Wait, what are we talking about again? All You Gots to Do is Click            
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the type of lady that will always treat our bathroom/bedroom/heck upstairs as her personal locker-room—she just doesn’t care.
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