My DD and her hubby have a 6 yo son, and 4 yo daughter. My grandson has
been going to the men's room by himself since he was 4. If her DH was not
with her, she would walk with him to the men's restroom, and wait for him.
She takes her DD with her if the situation arises. If her DH has both
children alone, he takes her to the ladies room, and waits outside the
entrance for her. She is a teacher, and she feels that her son is
definitely old enough to go by himself. I know you couldn't get him to go
in the ladies restroom with her. He has been very vocal about that for a
few years now. She doesn't let them walk to the restroom by themselves, but
she is fairly comfortable with them being in there by themselves.
Sherry Starr
"TwinMom" wrote in message
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OK, so to make this a bit OT, I was away this weekend at a quilting
retreat
(Had a GREAT TIME btw!) and the following item came up between DH & I. We
have a 3yo DD and twin 7yo DS and our DD had to use the public restroom at
McD's. DH took her into the men's room, which I found really gross, not
only
because the men's rooms are, generally, filthy, but I don't want her
exposed
(no pun intended) to strangers using the facilities. I felt he should be
taking her into the women's rooms, whenever a single use or family
restroom
is not available. She is not old enough to go unattended and, after all, I
take the boys, now 7, into the women's with me. A lengthy discussion has
ensued, so I'm seeking the opinions of follow females, as many as
possible,
on the following issues:
1) How do you feel about a father accompanying his very young daughter
into
the women's restroom to use the facilities? Would you feel threatened or
offended, or would you understand the situation?
2) If you, or your family has experienced this problem with
dads/daughters,
how did you address it?
3) Not important, but I am starting to get "looks" at having my little
boys
in the facilities with me. Do any of you take offense at boy children, say
under 10, in the woman's restroom with their mothers?
No flames please, I'm just trying to get a cross section of opinions from
various ages, w/ and w/o children, etc.
TIA
Lorraine in Los Alamos