Kendra Wilkinson: "Of course" son Hank sees my Playboy pics

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Sara McGinnis

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Kendra Wilkinson appears to be of the mindset hiding things only makes them more taboo. That's why this mom of two, who previously starred on The Girls Next Door as one of Playboy mogul Hugh Hefner's girlfriends, isn't shy about sharing her nude photos with her whole family.

"Of course I would let little Hank see my Playboy," the woman who welcomed a son named Hank with husband Hank Baskett six years ago recently told E! News.

Kendra elaborated, "He sees me naked every day. I have no shame. We take baths together. We take showers together. ... If you hide something then it's like it becomes more, like, taboo."

Little Hank, who is big brother to 1-year-old sister Alijah, is also pals with the adult magazine mogul.

"Little Hank's already been in his office," she added while speaking of Hugh Hefner. "Little Hank's already seen the nude magazines. He's already seen them! He's cool."

Though she made no statements to backtrack on the photo issue, Kendra Wilkinson did clarify the bathing point.

"I do wear a bathing suit in the bath with him, but I don't mind going in and changing in front of him," the 30-year-old explained. "A body is a body; it's not taboo anymore. I'm so glad we're breaking through those walls."

It's funny to find myself agreeing with Kendra's general stance on being briefly nude in front of her kids, but I'm not quite able to get on board with her openness with the photos. Perhaps it's because I see the former as a simple matter of having a body, and the latter as intentionally sexualized?

I, too, have changed in front of my kids hundreds of times, but I don't think I could show my sons nude photos of myself. It's hard to imagine being in Kendra's shoes, but I think if I were I'd have put the pics away until my child was older. At some awkward point there'd be a little sit-down chat about their existence, and then I'd leave it up to them to choose whether or not they care to see.

All the same, I understand nude photos are a tricky situation with no clear right or wrong approach -- and thanks to the prevalence of phones and selfies it's a situation more parents than ever before might find themselves in.

If you had Playboy or other nude photos go public how do you think you'd handle their existence with your kids?

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