page_title: Nudity
section_title: Nudity and children
hierarchical_section_title: Nudity / Nudity and children
caption_attribution_description: English: Kids bathing in a small metal tub. The tub reads "SWANEE", a reference to the Suwannee River via Stephen Foster's song "Old Folks at Home".
context_page_description: Nudity is when a person is not wearing clothes. The word "nudity" can also be used when only part of a person's body is uncovered. It is used particularly if the person's genitals can be seen, even if other parts of the body are covered.
  Nudity can also mean that a person is wearing less clothing that other people would expect. This type of nudity is related to culture. People of different cultures wear different amounts of clothing, and keep different parts of the body covered. For some people nudity is a lifestyle, belief system or a default state of being, which is called naturism or nudism.
  The word "nude" is often used in art. A "nude figure" is a figure without clothes on. The nude figure might be a live person who is posing for an artist. A painting or sculpture that shows a nude figure is often just called a "nude".
context_section_description: Most children do not develop a feeling of shame until they are about five years old. For this reason there have been discussions. These discussions try to answer two basic questions:
  Should children see naked adults?
  Should children see each other naked?
  Different people have different opinions on the subject.
caption: Two children bathing in a small metal bathtub
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