Is it normal for a little girl to take baths with her father?

[flexy]

How sexually confused we Americans are! How sad it is that such innocent acts of parents caring for their children have to be viewed with suspicion!
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GTA, and you know what's even sader ?
That now with Bush and bible-bangers it certainly will NOT get better here in this country... 🙂

 

[SandInMyShoes]

Originally posted by: brigden

Originally posted by: Tylanner

Originally posted by: Lazee
you do it until the kid is old enough not to drown him/herself

Bingo indeed.

If you have a retarded 40 year old daughter, you may still need to give her a bath.

Is she hot?

As if you would know, or care...

 

[kami333]

Originally posted by: Lithium381

Originally posted by: richardycc
only if you are japanese. they even have a scene like that in the cartoon My Neighbor Totoro movie.

thats the first thing i thought of when i read the thread title, then again i just saw that movie thursday

Nothing like going to an onsen with your family and chilling in the tub.

:sake;

 

[Xionide]

How about its none of your fvcking buisnes?

 

[DurocShark]

Originally posted by: waggy
why not?

My daughter is two and i take baths with her. I personally see nothing wrong with it.

Now when she gets older i will stop. right now she needs someone with her. Sitting in the tub and splashing is fun. If i'm going to play and get wet i might as well get in the tub so i don't get my clothes all wet!

Indeed.

I'll prolly stop before my daughter is 2, but I don't see anything wrong with it.

Now, if a father gets aroused at the sight of his baby daughter, he probably shouldn't give her baths. In fact, he should be locked up. :|

Some of you are just pulling this out of your asses. If you have kids and decide you don't want to, that's fine. But if you don't have kids stfu because you have no idea what it's like. The family bond is strong and there are few emotional barriers when the child is just a toddler. No taboos, no soceital expectations, just a parent and a child. Probably the most pure love known to man.

 

[nCred]

Originally posted by: MadCowDisease

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
Once again, the Europeans are laughing at most of the responses here. And to compare them with the responses to my thread about the movie, Kinsey? Did you know he conducted tests on children to see how they responded to various sexual stimuli? Yet many herald him as a hero, ushering in the sexual revolution! So, it was okay for him to do far worse in the name of research but a parent bathing with their child is not okay?

How sexually confused we Americans are! How sad it is that such innocent acts of parents caring for their children have to be viewed with suspicion! How sad that such suspicion has driven a wedge between parent and child! How sad that many parents are now content to allow the government schools to raise their children!

And on and on and on...

To respond to the OP: I think it's perfectly normal for either parent to bathe with their child until 3 or 4. Such as I was raised.

Like previous posters said, it is purely American Puritanical attitudes toward the body and sex in general, as well as sexist, overly paternalistic and patriarchal attitudes toward women and their sexuality at work here. Anybody raised outside of the US will find nothing wrong with it...note that we don't typically have the same sort of reaction when MOTHERS bathe with their sons.

Actually I´m from a european country and I find it a little wierd, I´m glad my parents never bathed naked with me. I think the father should have bathing trunks on.

 

[classy]

Well being a father of 2 girls I can say it depends. I would say around 18-20 months or so should be the cutoff for taking baths with them. Around 4-5, I think is a good age to stop seeing them go to the bathroom, unless your out in public. When I am out like with my 4 year old, I'll make her close her eyes and I'll take her in the men's bathroom. So it depends on the situation and also if the father is a single father. Unfortunately in society today we immediately think the worse when these type of situations arise. And he is her father, not some relative.

 

[Moonbeam]

What I find weird is just the notion that a father could or would allow himself to have sexual feelings for his daughter. Why is bathing with one even remotely an issue. I can't imagine a better way to keep the floor from getting covered with water or yourself covered with soap. The cut off date is when they are old enough to thoroughly wash themselves. Otherwise, if you also need and are taking a bath at the same time they need one, be efficient.

 

[neonerd]

we need a poll

 

[Isla]

I think that generally, children need only be supervised in the bath rather than 'bathed with'. A quick shower with a child of the same sex and under the age of 5 is good for teaching hygiene skills. (It's not neccessarily wrong with the opposite sex, just less preferrable IMO.)

As a mother of three, I don't remember 'bathing with' intentionally. I do recall many instances where I was enjoying a Calgon Moment only to be interrupted by a toddler screeching with delight and jumping on top of me. 😛 It's natural for kids to see the bath as playtime, and there is nothing to be ashamed of.

 

[Siva]

I like how the instance response to defend bathing with a child is saying that its ok in Europe. Are you European?

I don't think its common, I don't think its terribly wrong if you do it up to maybe age two, but I know I never will. Its ok if it makes you uncomfortable. Being open with your children about sexuality is all well and good, but that doesn't mean they have to or want to know about your own sexual life. Parents should have some degree of distance from their children sexually, a parent isn't a friend who talks to his son/daughter about the women he's had sex with.

Responsibility, condoms, and love, that's all they need to know. Not what daddy's penis looks like.

 

[AnitaPeterson]

Originally posted by: jjones
You guys are too uptight. My daughter who is 3, going on 4, takes showers with me all the time (but most frequently with her mother). She already knows the difference between boys and girls as our family is very open about nudity in the privacy of our home. She asks me all the time about my penis and I explain to her all sorts of things; my wife and I have even answered her simple questions relating to sexuality. IMO, too many Americans are too inhibited about all of this stuff and my view is that the more open you are about it, within reason, the healthier it is.

Wow... finally some common sense. Of course, some people here will crucify you for it... But you're also correct that it's an American thing to be so afraid of nudity.

*edit* looks like other people also show common sense, maybe not all is lost for the entire ATOT community...

 

[aylanl4]

Having two daughters under the age of four, both have taken a bath w/ dad... though, he does wear a bathing suit.

My 3 1/2 year old, who is mentally retarded, does not know how to wash her hair or her body, will probably be given baths till she is at least five or six, maybe longer, depending on how long it takes us to teach her how to do those things. Most 40 year old mentally retarded people do know how to wash their hair and how not to drown in the bathtub or shower, though there are a few who do not, but very few.

My 18 mon old already can "wash" her hair.. as long as someone else puts the shampoo in.. though, chances are only the sides will actually be clean 😀

I took showers with my father when I was a little girl, till I was about five or six, though it was not something that happened every night, I don't think it even happened once a week, but he did take showers with me.