At what age should you stop bringing your opposite gender child to the locker room?

[Anonymous]

I’m a grandad and I often take my grandkids to my clubs pool. With my almost 4 year old grand daughter I take her into the men’s locker room and do my best to create some degree of privacy. With my 6 year old grand daughter I send her into the women’s locker on her own and I wait a few minutes but if she’s slow I ask a mom to check on her and they are always great about helping.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Parents are wise NOT to send their young children alone
into a public locker room.

Exactly, but in each of these threads, you'll notice that it's the mothers of girls (who have no boys) who do not hesitate in pushing young boys out to the tender mercies of the men's locker room.

I've spent many years on DCUM. It never changes. It's amazing how ignorant these idiots are about basic biology. Young children don't have sexual thoughts about naked bodies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What about for dads with their daughters? Dads, at what age do you become uncomfortable with them in the locker room, and feel like they're leering at you?

If I bring my 4 year old daughter into the locker room because I don’t want to leave her alone I cover up just the way I’d do at home. If other guys are there I just tell them she is with me and they are always very dad like. There are man laws that are never broken.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What about for dads with their daughters? Dads, at what age do you become uncomfortable with them in the locker room, and feel like they're leering at you?

If I bring my 4 year old daughter into the locker room because I don’t want to leave her alone I cover up just the way I’d do at home. If other guys are there I just tell them she is with me and they are always very dad like. There are man laws that are never broken.

Dad's don't care at all. My husband says girls are in there all the time. He would prefer them in there then going alone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pedophiles are a problem, people.
Please keep that in mind.

You know what's not a big problem? Getting in the car and going home and showering there. Oh, big whoop, your hair will smell like chlorine for 15 minutes. Better than pedophiles AND making an entire locker room super uncomfortable.

Most of the time that is fine but in the middle of the winter when its freezing out, you need to at least change.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:8 or so. Not a chance I'd let my little one in a locker room alone. I rarely let my older elementary school child in one alone. They are selfish parents to send their kids in a public restroom alone.

Other people are selfish for respecting everyone’s privacy? An 8 year old is NOT a little one and have no business being in an opposite gender locker room.

Mom's call, not yours.

It absolutely is my call of I’m naked in a locker room and getting leered at by your 8 year old son.

lol are you serious?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pedophiles are a problem, people.
Please keep that in mind.

You know what's not a big problem? Getting in the car and going home and showering there. Oh, big whoop, your hair will smell like chlorine for 15 minutes. Better than pedophiles AND making an entire locker room super uncomfortable.

Most of the time that is fine but in the middle of the winter when its freezing out, you need to at least change.

You don't, actually. That's what parkas are for.

-Captain of the high school swim team who was in winter swimming for 12 years. In Indiana.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Eight is far too old; that's inappropriate.

+1

[Anonymous]

The signs posted at our pool complex say that no opposite-sex children older than the age of 5 may be in the locker rooms.

And that's perfectly right.

If you are that concerned, put on a cover-up or a parka and GO HOME to shower.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Parents are wise NOT to send their young children alone
into a public locker room.

Exactly, but in each of these threads, you'll notice that it's the mothers of girls (who have no boys) who do not hesitate in pushing young boys out to the tender mercies of the men's locker room.

I've spent many years on DCUM. It never changes. It's amazing how ignorant these idiots are about basic biology. Young children don't have sexual thoughts about naked bodies.

I have a boy and a girl. My 7 year old boy has shown interest in girls’ bodies. Not full on sexually obviously but he’s definitely shown interest in my Victoria Secret catalogue and would probably stare at some real life boobs. Our pediatrician said that type of curiosity is absolutely normal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Parents are wise NOT to send their young children alone
into a public locker room.

Exactly, but in each of these threads, you'll notice that it's the mothers of girls (who have no boys) who do not hesitate in pushing young boys out to the tender mercies of the men's locker room.

I've spent many years on DCUM. It never changes. It's amazing how ignorant these idiots are about basic biology. Young children don't have sexual thoughts about naked bodies.

I have a boy and a girl. My 7 year old boy has shown interest in girls’ bodies. Not full on sexually obviously but he’s definitely shown interest in my Victoria Secret catalogue and would probably stare at some real life boobs. Our pediatrician said that type of curiosity is absolutely normal.

+1. Clearly, the difference is that moms of girls aren't freaked out and threatened by their daughters' curiosity and future sexuality, and moms of boys can't handle it and pretend like it's not happening.

If you think an 8-year-old boy isn't going to stare at boobs, butts and vaginas, you are a complete moron, or willfully delusional.

[Anonymous]

^^I'm sorry, meant to say moms of only boys. Moms of both are normal. As we know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pedophiles are a problem, people.
Please keep that in mind.

You know what's not a big problem? Getting in the car and going home and showering there. Oh, big whoop, your hair will smell like chlorine for 15 minutes. Better than pedophiles AND making an entire locker room super uncomfortable.

Most of the time that is fine but in the middle of the winter when its freezing out, you need to at least change.

You don't, actually. That's what parkas are for.

-Captain of the high school swim team who was in winter swimming for 12 years. In Indiana.

+2. Winter swimming for years in PA. My hair actually did freeze one time when I didn't wear a hat, but it thawed once I jumped in the car!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pedophiles are a problem, people.
Please keep that in mind.

You know what's not a big problem? Getting in the car and going home and showering there. Oh, big whoop, your hair will smell like chlorine for 15 minutes. Better than pedophiles AND making an entire locker room super uncomfortable.

Most of the time that is fine but in the middle of the winter when its freezing out, you need to at least change.

You don't, actually. That's what parkas are for.

-Captain of the high school swim team who was in winter swimming for 12 years. In Indiana.

+2. Winter swimming for years in PA. My hair actually did freeze one time when I didn't wear a hat, but it thawed once I jumped in the car!

And these are part of wonderful swimming memories, and living in a time when parents didn't micromanage and sweat every single little thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pedophiles are a problem, people.
Please keep that in mind.

You know what's not a big problem? Getting in the car and going home and showering there. Oh, big whoop, your hair will smell like chlorine for 15 minutes. Better than pedophiles AND making an entire locker room super uncomfortable.

Most of the time that is fine but in the middle of the winter when its freezing out, you need to at least change.

You don't, actually. That's what parkas are for.

-Captain of the high school swim team who was in winter swimming for 12 years. In Indiana.

Never seen any of the team kids wearing their parkas here after meets and its still absurd to go out with a wet suit.