Should a four year old girl take showers with her dad?

Well... I have a five year old son and I never bathed with him. His father would sometimes take him in the shower with him when he was younger. I feel after the age of 2 the child would ask too many questions to just ignore. Especially a child of the opposite sex. I would think that the average Dad would not feel comfortable taking a shower with his 4 y/o daughter! I think in todays world we have to be careful what we make our children feel comfortable with! I know I would never want my children to think it is o.k. to bathe or shower with an adult!

What if another adult wanted to shower with this young girl? "well, I do it with my Dad so it must be o.k.!" I think you did the right thing by telling your friend you thought it was wrong. The more people that tell her it's wrong, maybe she will put a stop to it. We always say we don't care what other people think, but we really do! I think you were a good friend to tell her your honest opinion!

Let me say this. For the life of me I can not understand why on earth a man of 40 would want to take a bath with his 4 or 5 year old daughter. I have had the experience of witnessing this happen. IT has taken me back. There is no law that says it is wrong or no moraly correct. I mean what man in his right mind would want to enter a bath tub naked with his precious daughter? it is sick and wrong. There should be more laws to protect children and Child Procetive Services needs a re-haul! I am sick and sad that the people in place to protect children are protecting parents bad behaivour.

No she shouldnt be, one very obvious reason in his equipment is right at eye level for the child. I have nothing against nudity per se but father/daughter nudity or mother/son ? You got to admit its a bit weird and disturbing. If I were this childs mother, or other family member I would be very concerned about the fathers motives ...

There is a HUGE difference between a nudist park and a tiny shower stall to put things into perspective for some of you. When someone advocates adult/child nudity I have to wonder at THEIR motives.

You go Paul ! Behind the barn, totally agree

It's not appropriate for a 4 yr old to shower with her naked father / male. The fact that your friend asked you this..shows she also has some concerns about it. As a grand mother myself ...if I thought my son was showering with my grand daughter ...I would let me feelings be known loud and clear. We live in a society were there is major abuse of children going on....and those who keep quite about it , are as bad as the ones who is doing the abusing. Your friend should let her feelings be known to her son.

BAD!

I can not offer any more insight than what's been given.

If dad wants to walk from the shower to his room....ok....I guess.

I have a huge problem with nudity. I'm a prude.

I just think that "private parts" should be kept private.

I'll tell you something.

I never saw my dad naked.

Last year, after a tragic car accident, my dad was in hospital for 2 months before he died.

I rarely left his side.

And, I still did not see him naked.

He would not have wanted that; neither did I.

(Just an opinion)

It wouldn't happen to me when I was a child, I don't honestly think I have ever seen either one of my parents in the "raw" but I think it depends on the family.

used to live in Hawaii and Europe where nudity isn't such a big deal.

Generally though, I would agree with you, I wouldn't want my granddaughter to do this.

my husband used to shower with our son until he was around 4 years old.

Every family is different but I am old fashioned and wouldn't go for it either.

Definitely not. Very inappropriate.

I do see it at the local swimming pool where everyone is wearing a swimming costume and is in full view of everyone else. That's OK, but even then a separate shower alongside is normally used.

The child should not be showering with her dad. I think it's a bit weird that any father would allow their daughter to see their "you-know-what" especially considering her age.

Any age girl should not take showers with her Dad. If she's old enough to stand up, she's old enough to feel weird. I was forced to take showers with my father when I was around 3 and 4 and it SUCKED! I hated it. Then after the shower he would pee into the toilet. The bathroom was so small I had no place to get away from his huge penis. Parents who do this shyt to their kids have an agenda.

I showered with my daughter from birth until she was almost 3 and started asking questions.

Once his daughter is old enough to question why boys have penises, then dad should stop showering with her.