From all the discussions, I see a few interesting trends that should be defined as "obvious" but don't seem so :

• Naturism is, by design, family-friendly
• Naturism is, by design, cross generational, from baby to grand-parents
• Naturism is, by design, for every body, irrespective of genre, sexual orientation, skin color, religion, culture
• If clubs/events want to be limit their audience to a specific group, it's fine, but it's the exception, not the norm

Overall, if naturism is rotting from its core, naturist organisations need to have a Family Director and a Diversity Director sitting on their boards to ensure that plurality of points of view are taken into account and that no one is left behind for spurrious reasons or hidden personal agendas. That request/question should come from the members. Any naturist organisation, be it BN or the FFN, should welcome plurality, diversity and families. If not, they just fail their mission and should be denounced for not being inclusive.

Ultimately, this means that a set of positive messages should be crafted by those organisations and a specific attention needs to be placed on children and families, to equip the latter with the right talking points and to equip the clubs and event organisers with the right attitude and set of activities/amenities for families.

A few things I noticed in general:

• People have preconceived ideas, hence factual genuine explanations need to crafted and repeated ad nauseam
• People need to be told what to do and think, hence crafting positive messages about families and naturism
• People don't look for themselves, hence repeating truth multiple times can help them understanding

As I was writing this message, I looked on the website of the French Naturism Federation what was said about families and naturism. Nothing! Yes, nothing! Not a single word, even in the Q&A section. It can be that it's not a topic in France (which I don't believe reading comments on social networks about naturism and children, although the FFN community manager always answer that naturism is for families), but I would put this on something that has not been looked at deeply and I believe this should be corrected. A good article, a set of Q&A, blog posts, testimonials from families, should be featured.

Naturism is such a wonderful lifestyle! Actions speak louder than words and it's an uphill battle, but as opponents are lobbying from the inside, proponents shoud do so, with a clear and simple message that resonates today: diversity, respect and acceptance. No one, including families, should be left behind.

Thanks for those sensible thoughts Marc. Can I ask - are you aware of the FFN creating events that are not inclusive? In particular for the adult only market.

Naturism should be at its heart fully inclusive and there is one major reason for that in my eyes. Naturism is a way of recapturing (even for a few hours) real, genuine and natural living. By default no one can be secluded for something so instinctively and basically part of our own human nature. It would be like refusing members of our society access to drinking water.  

There may be parts of our society that do not understand naturism and parts that are against it but we should not alter naturism to suit their confusion and hate. If we do we may as well quit altogether. It is like when governments say they will not give in to terrorism. Because as soon as you start to do so when do you stop? 

Demand one - ban children. 
Demand two - keep away from public spaces like beaches
Demand three - stay away from social media
Demand four - cover up you genitals
Demand five - wear potato sacks 
Demand six - rename yourselves potaturists
Demand seven - put on red shoes and dance until you die.  

Anna ANW said:
"The idea that children add a extra dimension to events is so right. I hope I am never too old to appreciate the joy that children's laughter, excitement, energy and learning adds to a day on the beach. I simply do not understand why anyone would want to go to a campsite without children.

Naturism needs to be welcoming to families more than 4 days a year to make it worth being part of. NKD should not be unusual it should be normal and to read a national body make such a statement is a sad reflexion on naturism today. "

To be honest we try not to critise our national body, but in recent years, as much as we have tried to hold our tongue, it has go harder and harder, because we have supported so many of their efforts in the past, one case in particular, their 2016 paper of the benefits of naturism for children, which is one of the finest examples of standing up for family naturism we have ever read. 

In the past year we have found ourselves asking if they have even read it themselves, and we are also at a loss as to why a national organisation has to divide and compartmentalise all their events by age, when clearly in the eyes of the many we have spoken to, they feel no need for them to do that. 

In reference to Anna's quote above, we will state this. We agree, four days a year is not enough, and so with that mind, and understanding there is a need out there, as we have reached out to other families for their imput, we felt that there is more than enough room to create other smaller events that have families at their heart, which was the blue print we worked on with the team at Halkyn for the Lammas and Summer camp events. 

Lammas proved we were right not to divide up age groups, but welcome them, because as you will have seen in all our blogs uploaded during the event each day, the camp thrived, and every age group came together to be a part of one big group enjoying all of the activities. Yes some sat at the sides and watched the others take part, but even so, they felt joy as spectators and it enhanced their experience of the event. Children were not only needed, they were the key to unlocking the joy in everyone, and it is so important that all of naturism across the whole world understands that.

We have tried within our national organisation to get heard, we have tried to encourage others to push the agenda of families back into the central focus, and yet we have been met with resistance all the way, even in our preparations for the Camps, and it is frustrating because we have seen the value it has had for the families that attended, and we know already there is going to be treble the if not quadruple the children at Summer camp. We still have few families we are talking to, because we want them there, but not only that we are talking to all naturists, we do not care what creed colour, sexuality or relationship status they are, we have set one remit, which is "Are you a naturists?"

If the answer is yes, they are welcome. We will add that there is a very strong safeguarding policy in place, both Adam and Rob are very thorough in their ability to check everyone out, so we have not left a stone unturned, as we have worked with the camp site owners to ensure that the camp is safe, secure and yet allows safe free movement within it, we have done our due dillegence, and we have certain individuals within the operation whose job it is to keep a careful watch over all aspects of the camp.

It is not that difficult a task, but it does require certain indiviuals to do all the safety checks before the event begins. We have proven that anyone can, with good organisational skills, create these kinds of events, and that has been our second primary objective, to hopefully encourage others to try and create smaller events that do not over lap so that families within naturism all over the world can be brought back and enjoy what for decades has been considered the normal part of all naturist life, full embracing Family inclusive, but without excluding others.

Something that has played a huge role in what we have tried to achive, has been our scrutiny of the clothed world. We have watched and disscussed what do ordinary families do, and it appears to us that families are an important part of all social activity at all events, within life it is considered normal. If it is normal for clothed people then by that rule, it is normal for naturists, and that is one message that does need to be communicated to everyone.