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: Some mothers credit this openness with helping their children feel "comfortable in their own skin".

: Advocates emphasize that this nudity is strictly non-sexual and occurs within the natural flow of domestic life. Key Arguments and Perspectives naked teen moms

: Supporters believe that by seeing their parents' bodies as natural and non-shameful, children develop a healthier relationship with their own physical appearance. : Some mothers credit this openness with helping

7 Pros (and Cons) of Being Naked Around Your Kids - Healthline or moving through the home.

The "Naked Mom Theory" describes a lifestyle where parental nudity is normalized during routine activities like showering, changing clothes, or moving through the home.

About the Author

Elaine Chiew is a fiction writer and visual arts researcher. She is a two-time winner of The Bridport Prize, amidst other prizes and shortlistings. Her debut short story collection, The Heartsick Diaspora, will be coming out with Myriad Editions (U.K.). She is also the compiler and editor of Cooked Up: Food Fiction From Around the World (New Internationalist, 2015), and has had numerous stories in anthologies and journals. She also writes flash fiction (named Wigleaf Top 50 twice, along other honours). In October 2017, she was the Writer in Residence at Singapore’s premier School of the Arts. She received an M.A. in Asian Art Histories from Goldsmiths, University of London in 2017. In addition to writing freelance on Asian visual arts for magazines like ArtReview Asia, she also blogs about contemporary Asian writers at AsianBooksBlog and the visual arts on her blog, Invisible Flâneuse.

About the Artist

Fanny Cammaert is a digital artist living in Belgium. She adopted the stage name Lizzie Stardust as a member of the electro group Velvet Underwear. Since recording and touring with that group, she began working in visual media. Drawing on the kilim weaving that is part of her Ukrainian heritage, her art explores the interplay of digital patterns and electronic glitches. Thematically, her work brings digital infinity into connection with human emotions.

This story appeared in Issue Sixty-Three of SmokeLong Quarterly.

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