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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People need to chill out about boys seeing them change.  My son is 6 and has ASD.  He's in a regular classroom with an IEP, has friends, and generally leads a relatively normal kid life.  Our pool does not have a family locker room.  He really did not want to use the women's locker room to change and so I allowed him to go into the men's alone -he is capable of removing his own wet suit.  He somehow got disoriented and completely freaked out - an older man  kindly brought him out to me.  We have not gone swimming since.[/quote]

No, dear, you need to chill out.  By all means take him swimming but change him in a family locker room, in the hall w/a towel, at home, etc.  once he exceeds the age to go in the opposite sex bathroom, then he and you need to follow the rules.[/quote]

Do you not understand that not all pools have a family bathroom?  She needs to bring him into the women's or ask a male staff member to escort him and assist (though most places have rules about physical touching due to accusations).  How is it acceptable for a six year old to change in the hallway or public area?  Isn't that creating the same problem problem as going to the women's bathroom.[/quote]

Is there no hallway or poolside that she chan change him with a towel around him?  No towel to throw on with sweats and ride home?  She has options.  None are to her liking so she'll disregard the rule regardless of others' discomfort.  [/quote]

No there is not.  No she can not.  HAVE YOU READ THIS THREAD AT ALL?  Just f off and go bother someone else with your uptight puritanical Victorian views on nudity and children.  They are not normal and they are not wanted here.[/quote]

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