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Kurt asked in Family & RelationshipsFamily · 1 decade ago

At what age should a Dad stop getting in the bath with his daughters.?

My girls are now 14 and 12, do you think they may be getting a little to old to share a bath with?

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    I was bathed alone always until I could be in a shower by myself. My children were in the tub alone - none of my siblings would ever bathe with their children. Asked friends - none bathed with their children.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I think it should be up to the girls to decide. Some kids get to an age where they say, stop it, I can do it by myself - as a way of asserting their independence and skill. They want to be proud of being able to take a bath without assistance.

    But that isn't true of everybody. Some kids enjoy the time together with their family, and find being pampered and bathed by someone a luxurious experience that strengthens their relationship. As long as he is not molesting them or forcing his presence in the bath against their will, there really doesn't have to be anything wrong with it.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I suggest you put a stop to this and ask yourself why any man would take a bath with young girls , just wondering why can your girls not have a bath alone , come on wake up , do you share the bath also , it is totally wrong, where are the girls privacy, ask them how the feel about this and do they have to take a bath with him.? if the answer is yes then i would be asking questions.

  • James
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    A parent should NEVER bathe or shower with their children, it's just not acceptable IMO. However, a parent should be in the bathroom up until the child is 5 years old, (to turn the shower/bath on so they wont scald, and to make sure the child doesnt drown). Once the child turns 5, the parent should wait outside the bathroom, and check in on the kid every 5 mins or so to make sure everything is fine. You sir are far too old to be taking baths with your daughters.

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  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    My daughter has consistently been very self sufficient, and by way of the time she became into able to showering on her very own (on the age of five or 6), my spouse and that i finished showering along with her. same with my son. Fourteen is plenty too previous, she's already in part stepped forward, and sexually curious with the aid of hormones. in actuality, i could draw the line at 7 or 8. You the two run the possibilities of crossing the line, or perhaps in simple terms thinking approximately it for a millisecond. even though if the latter isn't the case, others might take it the incorrect way, so this is nevertheless unacceptable.

  • 1 decade ago

    Soon as my kids could wash themselves I let them have at it themselves. I'd never bathe or shower with my daughter. She's only 9mo and doesn't have the fine motor skills to wash herself yet or a mother.. so I have to do it. But I'm outside the bath tub fully clothed. I think it would just be inappropriate to be in with her. Soon as she can bathe herself and less risk of her drowning or getting hurt.. I'll gladly step out and leave her to it.. it would certainly be long before puberty. That would be incredibly awkward for me and her I imagine. I think if they need help at 14 and 12 bathing it should be mum or a female family member... otherwise by themselves.

  • 1 decade ago

    Parents shouldn't bathe with children at any age. Bathing/Showering is a private activity. You don't need to be in the bath with them in order to wash them, and as soon as they can wash themselves you can just sit in the bathroom to make sure they don't drown or something.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    thats kinda odd at any age. If I came home and found fiancee in the bath with our future kids... I'd be really disturbed out. Even if they were 2.

    My parents never hopped into the bath with my sisters and I.

    I'd be in therapy if they did.

    My mom did sometimes bathe my sister and I together in the tub (2 birds with one stone). That was weird but didnt traumatize me. But if my mom had joined us? OI!

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    yea that's a bit wrong talk to him and tell him that there growing up and don't need him to be in the bath with them anymore hope this helps

  • Niz
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    yes, they are way too old to share a bath with your husband.

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