Nudist groups will often meet prospective participants beforehand at clothed events where people get to know each other first.
I already mentioned a friend of mine whose stepfather forbid her from wearing a bathing suit top to European beaches.
The norm in Canada, the U.S. and the rest of the world outside Northern Europe. It really is Northern Europe that's the outlier here, not North America. Which is fine. But let's not pretend Canada and the U.S. are especially puritanical places, when people are more modest about nudity in China, India, Korea, Nigeria, the Philippines, Mexico, etc., not to mention the entirety of the Muslim world.
That sounds perfectly fine. And my kids did the same until they were about 7 and could get changed and work the lockers themselves. Never had any issues.
He sounds like an idiot. And I'd tell him so if he posted in this thread.
Getting changed in front of children is not weird. Walking around naked with older children for hours at a time is kinda weird. Which is why I suspect nobody in this thread, including the most ardent defenders of this event, actually does it.
It's also worth noting that the nude culture in Germany, where it has always been strongest, is dying out. The advent of cell phone cameras, along with ugly incidents involving socially conservative immigrants, mean that topless sunbathing and swimming naked at public beaches are increasingly rare. Which is a shame. But it does put lie to the notion that North America is swimming against the tide in a world where public nudity is no big deal.
https://www.citylab.com/life/2017/04...ermany/523710/