Full-Frontal Awkwardness

"We need to protect our children from the smut...if we don't, who will? Give them a chance to be innocent. Purity is a good thing!" But you also don't need to teach your kid (especially your older kid) that sexuality and their body is something to be ashamed of. I don't think seeing nudity is considered bad and something that kids need to be "protected" from. Yes, there are sexual things that even older kids shouldn't see until they can handle it. However, a balance needs to be struck between "OMG PROTECT THE CHILDREN FROM IMMORALITY" and "Yeah, Junior, go ahead and download all the porn you want." Some nudity is not intended in a pornographic or sexual context, and it's this kind of nudity that I don't think kids need to be protected from. My mom was pretty lenient about what I could watch (within reason) when I was younger. I've seen plenty of R-rated (and even NC-17, and by that, I mean gay and lesbian) love scenes when I was fifteen and sixteen, and I didn't turn out any worse than any other kid. Like I've said, I'm more comfortable talking about sexuality, and I'm not as embarrassed about it.