Has anyone been examined by a parent?

Yes!

My mom would often examine me, usually right after bath time.

The most memorable exam by mom came when my cousin and I had returned from summer camp. I was eight years old at the time, and my cousin David was seven.

Mom had us both bathe (we had grown up together) and when finished bathing, she came into the bathroom to inspect us both. She was most concerned about insect bites, and the possibility of ticks, and even head lice.

She gave us each a brief look-over, front and back, from top to bottom, the both of us standing naked in front of her.

I remember vividly that she actually lifted his penis and scrotum looking for ticks! That is something I will never forget.

We were both pronounced to be clean and vermin free. 😃

As I said, I will NEVER forget that exam, and I'm pretty sure that David hasn't forgotten it either. 😉

C.

Never for me.

"It seems this is quite normal for some cultures, according the instructions of DR.suchitra in her blog:"“A guide to teenagers parents” - A mothers role.

"http://psychologyofteenboys.blogspot.com/2007/03/mothers-role.html

The article had some interesting points and some weird ones as well. I don't know if it would appropriate for a parent to show their son or daughter how to masturbate although some families do engage in incestuous relationships but the vast majority of families do not!

However I do believe there are certain things parents need to teach their children when talking about bathing such as anal and genital cleanliness. Daughters should learn how to use a douche to help out when she has her period and sons should be taught how to properly clean his penis and testicles, especially if he's uncircumcised. When a foreskin is not pulled back to clean the glans there's a lot of bacteria that can build up which could cause problems in the future. I've heard that circumcision became popular in America to help prevent masturbation, probably because they felt there wasn't a need to show a boy how to pull back his foreskin and that way he wouldn't become aroused. Guess what, a boy's going to discover masturbation no matter what! I suppose there are some parents who fear their son might become aroused when being taught how to clean under his foreskin but the parent should understand that a young man becoming aroused is completely normal and is nothing to be embarrassed about.

Also it helps if parents are open when talking with their children regarding sexuality. What if a family never talked about sex and then a teenager has a sexual experience with someone and ends up getting a rash or some STD, if they're not open about discussing sexuality then the teen might be too embarrassed to tell his/her parents that they need to see the doctor and their situation could become much worse.

One thing I found interesting in the article was when it talks about masturbation helping to relieve violent behavior, I don't know about violence but I do know that typically if a male ejaculates and has an orgasm it takes away some of his sexual tensions. I know that's the case with me, if I haven't ejaculated in awhile I feel like I'm always thinking about sex but if I have an orgasm I tend not to think as many sexual thoughts as often. I think I first became aware of that when I saw the movie 'There's Something About Mary' where Ben Stiller's character masturbates before going on a date with Mary and she thinks he has gel in his hair but it was actually his semen. After watching that clip it gave me the idea to masturbate before hanging out with people I was attracted to and I think it did help relieve some of my sexual tension.

And then there's another topic, the sexual scandals of Catholic priests and choir boys, I know it's quite a leap from the article but I just wanted to put it out there. I think priests should be allowed to marry and be able to have a healthy sex life. We are all sexual beings and when you deny a person to enjoy their sexuality with others bad things happen from child molestation to rape. Look at prison rape for example, I've heard some people ask why are there more homosexuals in prison than heterosexuals, I think they're trying to claim that homosexuality is evil but they miss the point. When you put only males or only females together people are going to try to fill their sexual needs, it doesn't mean that they're homosexual but it's their only sexual outlet besides masturbation. Although prisoners sometimes can have conjugal visits from a spouse and that was probably started to help reduce the amount of rapes in prisons I would imagine.

As a baby or a toddler my parents have examined me for sure. I remember running around naked in house..... but I remember my cousin elder sister who was 10 years elder than I am, stayed with us, used to bathe me till I was around 8 or 9 and kept a check on my genital and sexual development.

Only once by a uncle who is a doctor. I had lost lot of weight and my parents became worried about that and wanted that he checked me. But it was a basic exam. No private parts envolved as far as i can remember. I was about 17 years old.

@ eboy24, Don't hold your breath waiting for the Catholic Church to allow Priests to marry. Orthodox priests do marry and it does not seem to have damaged their reputation for 1700 years.

@ eboy24, Don't hold your breath waiting for the Catholic Church to allow Priests to marry. Orthodox priests do marry and it does not seem to have damaged their reputation for 1700 years.

I may be mistaken a century or so on the time period, but up until around the 12th or 13th centuries, priests (of the Western Roman church) were allowed to marry although the ideal was always celibacy. It was not that any particular rules were in place regarding priesthood and marriage, but apparently after a time there was a general dispute about inheritances issuing from married priests. The normal practice would be that n inheritance passed to a priest´s son of course, but other players (ecclesiastical authorities, nobles) took an envious eye to all the missed chances at acquiring property or goods and at one of the many councils it was decided to make celibacy a condition for priesthood.

All of which is to say that historically, celibacy for priests was set in stone for a shorter time, than the time it was not allowed.

So things can go pretty much any way in the future.

The Indian article posted by eboy is such a fund of misinformation as to defy the imagination. It's a panoply of ridiculous conjecture. Thanks for sharing it though as it was a good laugh.

Agracier, I stand corrected. I still don't expect any RC priests to get married in my lifetime.

The whole thing with priests and marriage is a MISTAKE in transcription.

The sentence was NOT supposed to say be CELIBATE, but rather to CELEBRATE.

agracier, I stand corrected. I still don't expect any RC priests to get married in my lifetime.

I also don´t expect it to happen either. Not that I could care a whit one way or the other.

I just wanted to point out, that should the decision ever be taken, there are enough historical precedents to build on. It shouldn´t be that difficult an ecclesiastical argument to make. It´s mainly the obstinacy of clinging to celibacy that is befuddling. Not much good comes of making it obligatory.

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At age 12 my mother examined my penis to see if my foreskin had retracted.

Not really a parent, but I was examined twice by my ex wife's mother...

As I've posted before, I had to have a quite large cyst removed from where I still have some slight stitch marks following my circumcision. It had grown where the skin was stitched back just below my frenulum.

I'd had it done as an outpatient and this was the following day back at home.

Ex had told her mother about what I'd had done, then insisted I let her see when she came over that morning. I had stitches in, so was wearing just a long baggy shirt in the house. I took the shirt off and stood in front of her as she had a good look before starting to examine the new stitches, with the pair of them discussing it all.

After I'd had the stitches removed a couple of weeks later, she had another look and feel. This time she even squeezed my balls and commented that they were a bit small and looked even smaller against my penis, which she seemed to approve of!

I was pretty embarrassed both times, but that's why my ex had made me do it... She loved seeing me like that.

You let your mother in law examine your package? And she dissed you? Yikes!!???

My ex was pretty dominant, so it wasn't really a case of allowing it. Lol

My balls are quite small and look even more so against my bit larger than average penis, so she didn't really diss me, just commented... Which I hadn't expected

Possibly by my mom as a kid, but I would have been too young to remember.

I do however distinctly remember one time being kicked in the nuts while playing at a friends house. I was probably around 10. My balls hurt really badly and I couldn't see the area where they were hurting very well, so I (sincerely, not trying to take advantage of her) asked my friend's mom to take a look at them for me. Everything ended up being all good except for them hurting a lot. Not an arousing experience either, thank god.

Never happened to me, thank God. I didn't even want my folks seeing me in my underwear.

So I suppose it's never occurred to anyone that when they were children their parents that bathed them BEFORE they became independent / self reliant (capable of washing themselves without supervision) that those very same parents DO notice any irregularities.

Never had an injury looked at ?....the bum wiped ?....ear / nose & throat checked --onset of cold/flu ? …. knees grazed ?....something in the eye perhaps ?... No skin growths /lesions to speak of ?.... measles /mumps or chickenpox ???....No !!

Malesmoothy - My wife's mother died early on so that never occurred but sister-in-law examined me on a number of occasions when I developed a heat rash last summer. I'd developed a bit of dry skin on my lower legs which itched a lot and she noticed me rubbing there and asked about it and offered to take a look which she did. She then asked if I had any other problems and being honest I said I had a bit of a red rash in the crutch area, I'd been doing a lot of driving in hot weather.

She said she was happy to take a look but couldn't really get a proper look when I just lowered my trousers and told me it would be easier to examine me if I undressed so that's what I did. On about six visits she examined me, I would take a shower then she would take me into the bedroom where she would examine me front and back before applying a cream she had. She also advised shaving in hot weather when she saw that I still had my pubic hair and shaved that for me every 3 to 4 weeks. Once I got over the initial embarrassment of undressing, showering and being examined by her it proved a very convenient arrangement.

I don't think anyone should be overly embarrassed about allowing a close friend or relative to examine areas that are difficult to view ourselves I've certainly been grateful that my sister-in-law is prepared to take the time and trouble to do this for me.

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Well it sounds like sister in law got a lot closer than my ex mother in law!

Like you say, after the initial shock, it all seems perfectly fine...

My Mom would examine me, usually around bed time after I undressed, paying attention to my genitals and butt. I began to enjoy it and began to get regular erections which she would fondle. One night she caused my first orgasm. Now, she would usually be in a robe or nightgown when she checked me and I could tell she was naked underneath because she would occasionally flash a little boob or crotch. One night as she came in to examine me, she let her robe open all the way and I could see her nipples and bald crotch. She pushed me onto the bed and slipped off her robe. My 14 year old penis was rock hard. She said "I am going to give you a different type exam". She leaned over and took me in her mouth. Seems like it took about 10 seconds for me to explode. She soon taught me to give her an "exam" among other things. This continued regularly until I went away to college and I sure looked forward to visiting home.

My BS meter appears to be running in the red.

Mine just broke, and actually I really really prey that it is BS otherwise it's just disturbing it prevents people posting serious answers to the question.

Sniffometer failure

I think bi200069's story would be more appropriate on Topix or NaughtyConfessions than it does here.

If there's any truth to his story, both him and mom need intense psychotherapy. Not being ashamed of your body in the presence of family is one thing. Even admiring the physical attractiveness of your kin is ok to a point. But incest? Deliberately tittilating or seducing your own biological parent or offspring? EEEEEW! Calling Dr. Phil and Jerry Springer!

Bi2000 is confabulating the whole story. How totally ridiculous! You think we believe that? Think again sport.

My mother married my stepfather when I was 7-he had been partially through media school but it never made much of a difference in our house. I only remember once when I was 10 or 11 and I had these painful white bumps around my labia. It was winter and there was a lot of ice on the roads so my mom wasn't sure if she wanted to drive me to the doctor or not. She asked my stepfather to look and see if it looked like anything serious. I remember being a tiny bit embarrassed but it wasn't really that big of a deal. I just laid on the couch, pulled my jeans and underwear to my knees and lifted my legs up. My stepfather ducked down and looked at the area with a flashlight for about 2 seconds. Then he simply announced that it was only dry skin.

I had surgery when I was younger for a hydrocele and what they call a patent processus. I told my parents one side was bigger and naturally I think before making dr appointment parents will look themselves. I don't remember being embarrassed or modest and wasn't pubescent at this stage, Indeed one side was swollen and we saw the dr the next day. Sometime later I had a small operation and that was the end of the issue,

If I ever had sore throat/ cold etc one of my parents would feel for glands in neck etc. I think this is pretty common ??