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ChilisWife
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Re: Can we talk about public bathrooms..........
Posted by Mrs-D-Girl
I am glad I am not the only one here because my Son is embarrassed in the Women's bathroom....I force him on occasion if we are at a very crowded public place but he doesn't love the idea.
Same, my son would never.
Re co-ed bathrooms - Im not necessarily opposed since I could be there with my kids. I just think men would hate that because there would be no urinals, and the lines to get in would be long.
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EricaAlt
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Re: Can we talk about public bathrooms..........
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| Posted 10/6/17 12:31 PM |
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EricaAlt
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Re: Can we talk about public bathrooms..........
Posted by Sash
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Posted by ChilisWife
My DS is 10 and honestly after age 7/8 I dont feel it is appropriate for him to be in a ladies room. If DH is there he will go with him but otherwise I just wait right outside.
Same for me, my son is 8 (about to turn 9) and this year he started going in by himself while I wait outside. I thought it was inappropriate to have him in the girls restroom at this age.
My sister took him to the movies and i found out she brought him into the girls restroom. I told her not to do it again and how would she feel if it was reversed and there was an almost 9yr old in the bathroom. She has two girls so she doesn't get it sometimes.
I get what you are saying but to be honest it wouldn't bother me if a 9 year old boy was in the ladies room. I mean it's not like the toilets are out in the open. You are in a stall....nobody sees you regardless. I wouldn't care if a man was in the next stall either to be honest ....the stalls are private. There isn't any open nakedness or exposure of body parts in public restrooms
Exactly!!!
I never understand why people get so horrified if someone brings their son into the public restroom. In most other parts of the world, restrooms are co-ed.
This! My boys are 8 and 6. If we are at a restaurant and it's a single bathroom they can go by themselves and I wait outside or as long as I can see the door from where I'm at then I stay at the table.
For large, public bathrooms like the mall, Target and especially amusement parks they come in the ladies room. There are way too many people and my boys have no common sense. LOL! The stalls are closed so they can't see anything. Obviously if I'm with DH then he will take them. Thank goodness they are like camels and don't need to go as often. LOL
Well for one my son doesn't want to go in to a women's restroom anymore, he's not allowed to do it in school? And second maybe there are young girls there who would feel uncomfortable around that age if a 9yr old is in there. I personally wouldn't care if someone had their son in there. However, personally i feel my son is too old to be in a women's bathroom and why make him feel uncomfortable. I am also big on giving him independence.
I feel like when he was going into his own stall then he needed to start going into the men's restroom. Last year and the beginning of this year he would turn when I would' go. I felt like it was time for him to stop going.
I get what you're saying, but you're ok with leaving an 8 - 9 year old at a busy amusement park outside the woman's room? We frequent Great Adventure bc we live close so go often. There are a lot of people there. I go to the bathroom so I ask the boys to come in and wait outside the stall where I can see their feet.
Like I said... restaurants and non crowded places they can go themselves, but not large places where children can easily be taken. For the most part we don't run into this problem bc DH is with us or they hardly have to go bc they go before we leave.
No, they are not allowed in the girl's bathroom at school, but that is a completely different scenario.
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| Posted 10/6/17 12:32 PM |
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Sash
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Re: Can we talk about public bathrooms..........
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Posted by ChilisWife
My DS is 10 and honestly after age 7/8 I dont feel it is appropriate for him to be in a ladies room. If DH is there he will go with him but otherwise I just wait right outside.
Same for me, my son is 8 (about to turn 9) and this year he started going in by himself while I wait outside. I thought it was inappropriate to have him in the girls restroom at this age.
My sister took him to the movies and i found out she brought him into the girls restroom. I told her not to do it again and how would she feel if it was reversed and there was an almost 9yr old in the bathroom. She has two girls so she doesn't get it sometimes.
I get what you are saying but to be honest it wouldn't bother me if a 9 year old boy was in the ladies room. I mean it's not like the toilets are out in the open. You are in a stall....nobody sees you regardless. I wouldn't care if a man was in the next stall either to be honest ....the stalls are private. There isn't any open nakedness or exposure of body parts in public restrooms
Just to address your point about men.. what about a little girl or pre-teen going to the bathroom.. I wouldn't want my younger nieces in a bathroom with a men in the next stall.
Sorry nope.
That I get.
But a 9 year old boy in a woman's bathroom,supervised by his mom or aunt, is a bit different than a grown man in with pre teen girls.
Again the stalls are private and nobody is seeing you naked or peeing or anything.
I said I wouldn't care if someone else brought their child in. I was addressing the point of a grown man in the bathroom.
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| Posted 10/6/17 11:44 PM |
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Millie3
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Re: Can we talk about public bathrooms..........
I have a 7 yo and just turned 9 yo boys. In the last 2 weeks, if they are together I tried to let them go alone, but I don't like it. DH is around much of the time though. The 7 yo, if alone comes w me into the women's room. I honestly don't feel comfortable letting them go alone in some places. We went to the Bronx zoo this weekend and they did go together into the men's room. But I was standing at the door I'm probably just better off brining them with me , I don't know. 
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| Posted 10/9/17 6:11 AM |
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MrsS2005
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Re: Can we talk about public bathrooms..........
I think once DS turned 8, he stopped wanting to come into the ladies room with me. I don't really like the idea of him going into the men's room by himself, but it doesn't happen often because there are either single stalls or DH is there. When he has gone by himself, he goes in and out really quickly. Eventually I can send my boys in together I guess, but my 5 year old causes trouble and/or gets wild in the bathroom with an adult in there. It would only be worse if it was just the two of them.
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