<p>Bonfires: Roast Breasts and BBQ'd Buns with char'd marshmellows. I'd doing turkey legs tonite.</p>
<p>And the point of these parties issss....What?</p>
<p>haha good point poet...i was wondering the same thing</p>
<p>When I go out or go to parties- the point is to have a good time- usually- sometimes I have secondary points, like to get to know my coworkers a little better ( but...... not really that much better- there are some things- I * don't* want to know)
I think if college students want to have a naked party and they don't have to get blitzed to do so- then more power to them.</p>
<p>but its kinda unnecessary...you can have the exact same conversation with your clothes on...not that im against nudity, but it just seems unneccessary and for those reasons, immature and silly</p>
<p>all judgment aside, the only real concern ab out naked parties is who is videotaping and who is watching. some of these events show up on pornography websites. or if its been done in a public place peeping toms have easy acccess. solution: naked parties in private residence, ban video cameras. otherwise people make money and other things off your child's exploitation.</p>
<p>I think some of you parents are naive. Raging hormones and naked bodies are a powerful combination. Throw in some alcohol/drugs and you can be sure of the outcome.</p>
<p>Well, I guess my D was just lying to me. Funny how we talk about kids like they are nonthinking animals with no control over their actions, no ability to police themselves, no concern for others. Maybe the kids at her schoo were just more mature than you can imagine. Or that you think yours would be? I can't say why you can be so"sure of the outcome."</p>
<p>As far as reason? Well, for one, the ability to be more comfortable with their own skin, realize that everyone has imperfections, stop obsessing about "what's underneath" etc. Maturer attitudes toward sexuality, etc. (What many young people wear to go out these days is a dang sight more provocative than nudity, to me.) Probably a lot of the same reasons people go to nudist camps. (My MIL attended the nudist beach at Sandy Hook, and seemed able to control herself, as far as I know...)</p>
<p>Or maybe to see how much lascivious, judgmental, or both, reactions they can get from the CC parent board. But probably not.</p>
<p>I have no problem with nude parties, but the prior post by edad about a LAC he visited with regularly scheduled "orgies" and kids hospitalized afterwards does scare me, if true (college newspapers do like to lampoon). I remember reading horrendous descriptions of parties at some schools on S's list in a book I was reading on admissions; then I looked at the people endorsing the book "Choosing the Right College" (aptly named) and they were all well known pundits of the extreme "religious" right.</p>
<p>The 2 hour campus info session and tour should also be followed up with some more in depth investigation. This is not just a case of parents trying to protect their children. The kids also need to understand the environment and culture they will live in.</p>
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<p>What, so only "necessary" gimmicks pass your maturity test? What would fall under that category anyway?</p>
<p>I just find it odd that they have to throw a party to get naked. I'm not really into wandering around naked myself, but I sure don't have to go to a party to see other people doing so. But if it works for them, I'm not going to knock it - doesn't sound like they're hurting anyone or anything.</p>
<p>Now I remember why you don't do turkey bbq. They toughen up. </p>
<p>I thought drugs and alcohol works best with your clothes on !!! ??</p>
<p>A conversation and discussion in the nude is an interesting experience, not silly, or immature at all, just different.</p>
<p>I think all schools are different. For some reason people on this board like to act like all schools have the same social issues but are different academically. I think they vary socially, also.</p>
<p>You have to decide if want your child to attend a school that has naked parties. Personally, I think that social concerns are just as important as the education a child receives at college and status is unimportant.</p>
<p>Good luck and I hope you find a school that fits with your families morals.</p>
<p>I recall a discussion on this issue with a group of neighbors at a barbecue several years ago. One individual also thought that it was 'a moral issue' and that there's no way that any child of hers would attend such a school. She was insisting that her child apply to schools which had a close religious affiliation so as to ensure that her family's morals were a match. I then told her about a friend of mine who had a child who had just finished his freshman year at Luther College in Iowa, closely affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church, chosen for a similar reason, and who, when he came home the previous week, told his family at the dinner table all about the end of year activities which included a co-ed naked soccer tournament which is an annual event at Luther. I guess even the kids at 'high morals' schools like to get naked! ;)</p>
<p>"guess even the kids at 'high morals' schools like to get naked!"</p>
<p>Let's hear it for rites of spring! Joy. There's hope for humanity.</p>
<p>edad #47: Oh, yeah. I can't believe some of what I'm reading here, like "I have no problem with nude parties..." Oh what a prude am I-- you wouldn't catch me paying $40 grand a year for the privilege of having my sons attend naked parties. bethievt: you're surprised about the possible "orgies"? Just so long as your kid is not going to one of those schools Bill Bennett likes, all is a-ok, I guess.</p>
<p>HH--I have no doubt that my D's school is nowhere on any of your kid's college lists, so no worries!:)</p>
<p>And, wow, how naive am I, I do believe that college age kids can behave better than their elders seem to be capable. Yeah, you can probably find orgies at campuses somewhere--there are plenty schools where mindless sex and drunken debacles happen every weekend. Probably all of them.</p>
<p>In addition to Primal Scream every semester, I ran into a fair amount of nudity in college. At Bryn Mawr parties, women often dance in their bras. After I transferred, I was at a couple of cast parties where some male attendees wore only a tube sock. My (co-ed) a cappella group went skinny dipping on tour; there were also some R-rated takes on spin the bottle & truth or dare. When my then-boyfriend was at Oberlin, the BDSM club there threw an "Evening of Consensual Adult Behavior"; the invitations were on scrolls tied with black velvet ribbon. I imagine that nudity was the least of what went on there.</p>
<p>We once met up with a co-ed a cappella group from Wesleyan that recorded their CD naked. That's a little hard core even for me.</p>
<p>One of my favorite things about being a parent: I get to be judgmental. </p>
<p>Accepting "mindless sex and drunken debacles every weekend" at "all" our colleges--why not? It sure is a heck of a lot easier than putting limits on our kids. Sadly, some are still crying out for these at the age of 20.</p>
<p>hereshoping, isn't it grand that we have thousands of colleges to choose from and each of us can find a good fit? Whatever our particular social or philosophical bugaboo, we can inform ourselves and find a place where it won't be there to trouble us. Nudity, religion, frats/sororities, alcohol, liberal politics, vegetarianism, ethnic diversity, gay pride, uniforms, too many rules, not enough rules, secular humanism, whatever. Don't you think it's a terrible mistake to embrace the college years as a time to expose us to anything new?</p>