Steve: In posing the question you have, it is predicable that you will receive one of two primary responses, i.e. those who say yes and those who say no. And based on what you wrote, you are making decisions as a result of family pressure, i.e. your mother and brother telling you not to engage in such conduct. This of course is causing you to feel a great deal of uncertainty especially because you and your Brother grew up in the very environment that your Brother and Mother are now saying is wrong, for whatever reason. So, its' only natural for you to have self-doubt and second guess the decisions you want to make. But remember, you are not raising a family for the sake of your Mother and Brother, but for the sake of you and your wife and that is what matters the most.

In the U.S. we are a very arrogant and condradicting society - On one hand we condem anyone who is a nudist or naturalist on the presumption that they are "immoral" - while on the other hand building a billion dollar pornographic empire by the number of smut movies that are bought and rented every year.

Ultimately Steve, whatever the decision is, it has to be based on what you and your wife believe is and is not right for the kind of family environment the two of you want to create. It does not sound like you have bad motives but rather merely believe that nudity is a natural part of life. And forwhatever its' worth, maybe if more kids were raised in a nudist environment we would have a far more tolerant society in accepting people for who and what they are rather than on our preconceived notions of what they should be. Hence, nudity can be physologically and physicallly enriching because it creates opportunities for people to grow as a human being and achieving stronger levels of self-esteem and acceptance of others.

Just my two cents worth....