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Children, social nudity, sexual awareness and maturity

See also: Child sexuality.

Many nudists and naturists say that social nudity helps their children to mature in their sexual attitudes, to be able to see nudity and sexuality in a more realistic light, and thus to be able to relate to others with fewer sexual "hang-ups". The claim is that as a child grows up in the textile world, curiosity about other people's bodies merges with developing sexuality and leads to distorted ideas about sex, as well as mingled fascination and shame about the body. It is possible that this phase in many people's upbringing leads to an interest in pornography and voyeurism in adolescence, continuing into adulthood for some people. No serious claims have been made that children brought up in a naturist environment are more likely than their clothed peers to be involved in precocious sexual activity; if anything, the reverse seems to be true.^{[citation needed]}

Involvement in naturism has not been shown to be harmful to childhood psychological development.[1] Parents always need to be vigilant to guard their children against sexual predators and other problems, but that applies equally to contexts of social nudity and other clothed activities.

Recently, to avoid legal problems, some resorts and clubs in the USA forbid bringing minor children from other families without written permission in advance. A few even exclude children of divorced parents without the written consent of the other ex-spouse (unless they can prove full custody). That does not apply to public beaches.

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