 | A few months ago my 3 1/2 yr. old daughter found one of my husbands Playboy magazines. Ever since I caught her looking at it, ocassionally she has had odd behavior. Sometimes when she plays with her barbie dolls, male and female, they are naked. When I ask her "why are barbie and Ken naked?" She gets really embarrassed, and says "I don't know". And she is always telling me when I'm getting her ready for her bath that; boys can't see her naked. I have always dressed in front of her, so it is not a big deal to her to see me, but now she has been telling me that Daddy can't see me naked; and when she is changeing her clothes, she tells me that Daddy can't see her naked. I tell her that; yes, daddy can see me naked because we're married. She doesn't know anything about sex, or anything related to it, but she seems overly interested in nudity ever since she looked at the Playboy magazine. Today her girlfriend who is the daughter of my best friend, and also the same age, came over for a play date. My best friend babysits my daughter for me. The two girls get along quite well. They were both playing in my daughters room. My daughter likes to change her clothes a lot, and once while I went to check on them playing in her room, they were hiding under the covers in her bed. My friends daughter was dressed, but my daughter was completely nude. When I asked her why, she said; "because we are married". They both have a very vivid imagination, and play pretend alot. One will be a prince, the other a princess. But I just don't know what to say to my daughter so that she understands that being nude is okay only sometimes, without making her feel ashamed and embarrassed. When I told my husband about it, his first reaction was to scold her, but I feel that was the wrong thing to do. Should my daughter be this curious about nudity at 3 1/2 years old? |
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