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Gerald Austin's avatar

An interesting piece. I feel that the young lady is influenced by our twisted society WAY TOO MUCH!!! It is good that she sort of accepts her parent's nudity, but she is uncomfortable with her peers knowing about it. Given the attitudes of today's society, I can understand though. Some people of her age ARE nudist, and are not afraid to buck society's trends. Some just have the fortitude and inner strength to do so. It would have been interesting to have been told the ages and sex of her siblings who do sometimes practice nudity.

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The Nudist Archive's avatar

High School can be a cruel and unusual place for many teenagers, for absolutely no other reason than that is what teenagers do to each other. Scapegoating anyone who departs from the norm in any way is natural and ordinary. That does not make it right. It just makes those years an awful experience.

The author of this essay appears to me to be strong and resilient, well balanced and mature. I salute her courage, give thanks that she has loving and supportive parents and siblings. I hope and trust that her experience as the child of naturist parents will continue to help form her character in a thousand healthy ways as she develops into adulthood.

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