Nick seems to have given serious thought to kids getting exposed to nudity (even in an implicitly sexual context) and has decided that it is a inherently a neutral action, and even if it was bad, the kids should still get exposure regardless.
This is such a deeply disturbing clip compilation. My parents did not swing (as far as I know) but hippie sex books were all over the home - all the positions. Grateful Dead concerts at country fairs were visited with topless women. Plenty of kids were left feral and allowed to wander naked while weed was everywhere. I was never harmed, but I know a few who were. The world has gotten a lot smarter since then. For Nick to contemplate this is... very problematic.
I'll admit, I'd never thought of that angle. Most parents are out at work all day and see far less of their kids than they'd wish. If you've got them harrassing you all day, every day, I can see how you might want a break.
It's a rather nuanced issue that depends on means, caregiver support, and breast feeding which Kayla did, for around 12 months for each kid. Nick has said that. That ties you to the baby for a very long time, constantly. In Kayla's case, that would be 5 years. (
@Not Who You Think there is some evidence for this but it would take some digging.)
Millennial moms have invented the term of being "touched out" by their babies, and it's on point. It's a lot of work, mostly thankless, and physically draining. I sometimes wonder if Kayla was undone by it all. HOWEVER,
that is not an excuse.... I'm just looking for reasons for how all this happened.
As kids get older, it's easier to take up to a week away from kids while ALSO doing family vacations. Most upper-middle-class Americans get 3-4 weeks vacation. Until 2020ish, Kayla and Nick seemed to follow that program. There are plenty of Rekieta family vacation pics (Legoland, the zoo, roller coaster pics, etc, etc.) to verify. Kayla was active on FB, giving upvotes and comments and... coping.
Then, after 2021, for the Rekietas, everything went off the rails... for whatever reason.