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Zumba instructor Alexis Wright, accused of running a prostitution ring, is also accused of taking naked pictures with her 7-year-old son. (AP image)

At what age should naked time end?

BY Josh Kerns  on November 12, 2012 @ 9:47 am (Updated: 10:10 am - 11/12/12 )

When is it too old to be naked in front of your kid? It's the question Ron and Don are posing after word surfaced a Maine Zumba instructor accused of running a prostitution ring also took naked pictures with her 7-year-old in bed with her.

"That's too old, too old," says Don of the age parents should start covering up in front of their kids. "We all had bathrobes from Miller's Outpost."

"She's obviously very comfortable being naked. If she's in a household where you're naked alot, is this grounds to take the kid away?" wonders Ron.

The boy's father says absolutely. The Portland Press Herald reports the boy's father, Benjamin Hopkins, is seeking full custody of their son after learning not only of Alexis Wright's arrest, but the photos as well.

"My son appeared naked covered from the waist down with only a sheet. Alexis was fully naked," Hopkins reportedly said in a formal complaint.

Wright, 29, pleaded not guilty in October to 106 counts of prostitution and invasion of privacy for sexual acts. She is accused of having more than 100 alleged clients, including a former mayor and a local high school ice hockey coach in the seaside town of Kennebunk.

Police say no charges were filed in relation to the complaints about what the father calls the "inappropriate pictures" reportedly taken by Wright's business partner in the alleged prostitution ring.

While many families are open about nudity around the house, news anchor Tony Miner says even discounting the whole prostitution thing, this is something else entirely.

"Now that's gone beyond. That's going over the line."

What do you think? What's the cutoff age?

Josh Kerns, MyNorthwest.com Reporter
Josh Kerns is co-host of KIRO Radio's Seattle Sounds (Saturday nights 7-8) and a digital content producer for MyNorthwest.com.
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  • FormerMarineSgt wrote...
    "When is it too old to be naked in front of your kid?"
    November 12, 2012 12:05 pm
    Age Zero. Day 1. It's pretty simple. It's never right to parade naked in front of your children. And I'm no prude or sexually repressed by ANY Stretch of the imagination. I have a very healthy view of nakedness and sexuality - But you cross the line when you go naked in front of your children at any age (obviously, except in a case of emergency where danger would occur to your child if you took the time to get dressed before responding).
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  • duder wrote...
    age zero / day 1?
    November 12, 2012 1:23 pm
    Really? So no breastfeeding then?
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  • NWGUY wrote...
    fake marine is going senile
    November 12, 2012 1:34 pm
    or so it appears by his increasingly odd posts
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  • Citizen of Krazy Town wrote...
    This is a stupid topic
    November 12, 2012 3:16 pm
    1) let the parent decide how and when they are going to mentally damage their kids 2) how does one exactly prepare a kid to be comfortable with their body if they teach them to be ashamed of it? 3) what do these parents do when it's time for their kids to shower at school, at the pro-club, or the YMCA? There are situations where they are going to see other people's junk. Better to take the taboo, curiosity and fear away at home than having them acting all goofy or panicked in those situations.
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  • Rocketman wrote...
    Agreed, stupid topic
    November 12, 2012 3:27 pm
    poorly thought through, Dissapointing Josh Kerns and unrelated to nude photos of a convicted prostitute. First of all naked photos are a different story from nudity at home. The points Krazy Town makes are spot on. So it's ok for a cross dressing male from Evergreen State College to shower in the same locker room as high school girls but parents should cover up in front of their kids in their own home? I think that's up to the parents to decide. PS Crazy Marine is a troll...
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  • Moondoggie wrote...
    Age 70
    November 12, 2012 3:37 pm
    No kid should have to see their 70 year old parents parading around in their birthday suits.
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  • maplefish wrote...
    How about
    November 12, 2012 5:13 pm
    NEVER!!! Geesh, NOBODY and I mean NOBODY needs or wants to see their parents NAKED! EVER!!! Come on People!
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