The cultural shackles

This story comes a few days after it happened, but the depth of the comment made by Yoram struck me a bit later. We went to the pool for a few hours on Saturday and just relaxed. No kids and a quiet day. There were quite a lot of people and just as we arrived, a family Yoram knows was just about to leave, so we waited to take over their shade and chairs. They have a boy, around two years old, who they were about to change clothes on. He was standing butt naked, but suddenly refused to put new clothes on. The parents almost looked embarrassed and asked him "Bli klum?" (Without anything?). As they left, Yoram whispered to me "That's how it starts, hu..?", and I answered "Yes, that's how it starts". The boy went to the car wearing only sandals, but I am afraid that it was a small victory. They will break the naturism out of him no later than puberty.

However, Yoram showed that he has widened his awareness of the deceptive dynamics of moral codes.