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I always shower with my kids – my son’s seven and people think he’s ‘too old’ but it’s important he sees a ‘normal’ body
Bronte insisted she does family showers to teach her kids about biology and to answer any questions they may have
A MUM who promotes "family showers" with all her kids has been slammed for including her seven-year-old son.
Bronte is a mum-of-four, including triplets, and took to to explain why she will never exclude any of her kids from having a shower with her.
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And as well as the "practicality of saving time and water", Bronte considers the showers a "natural way to teach" her children about biology.
"It hlps them have a healthy understanding of different bodily functions & appreciation for their own body," she said.
"This is a fabulous way to open up discussions on why some people might choose to keep body hair, or shave it off, have 'tiger stripes' on their tummy, or where particular body parts are located without big stigma around it.
"In this situation questions are great, they’re healthy & they’re necessary for children to ask in order to grow & learn."
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It's also an "opportunity to educate them on bodily autonomy, personal boundaries & consent".
As "so many questions pop up" during their family showers, it helps "normalise open conversations" between her and her kids.
"It’s a supportive environment where innocent, curious questions can be asked & answered age-appropriately," she added.
It also offers the kids "opportunities for healthy hygiene habits to form".
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And most of all, Bronte hopes that the showers will help "normalise everyday bodies" for her kids.
"All bodies change, grow, shrink, get stretch marks, veins, body hair, the list goes on," she said.
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"Instead of only seeing the polished versions they see 'normality'."
Perhaps pre-empting the backlash her family showers might attract, Bronte added: "Of course there are age appropriate restrictions and whenever they feel uncomfortable or get 'too curious' that’s a good indicator that a child has outgrown this routine."
"This no-fuss way of educating our kids is so educationally powerful but must always be lead in an appropriate manner with mutual respect," she concluded.
Despite Bronte's remarks, there were numerous people in the comments section insisting that her seven-year-old son is "too old" to take part in the family showers.
"Really? That boy is too big to shower with you," one wrote.
"Showering with your kids is fine if they're babies/young toddlers. Otherwise it starts to get weird..." another added.
"No that's disturbing," a third agreed.
"Imagine having memories of your mum's naked body!"
"So does your husband shower with them as well?" someone else commented.
"And you’d allow your daughter to do so at the same age as your son…or beyond?"
"Nope…totally inappropriate,"; another insisted.
"I’m still traumatised by showering with my parents when I was 9," someone else admitted.
But others defended Bronte and the practice.
"Great reasons," one wrote.
"Families bathing together is common and normal in Japan. Only weird if we make it weird!"
"I shower with both my girls and even their grandmother/ and we walk around as is," another added.
"And when questions are asked about body parts we answer honestly."
"I love this! I was lucky enough to be raised in an open household," a third said.
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"It wasn’t ‘weird’ if I saw my parents naked. Bodies were an open and honest subject.
"I was so much better off for it when I became a teenager."
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