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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]The likelihood that someone is going to do something horrible to your snowflake while you are waiting outside the lockerroom is slim to none. You are scaring yourself to death over nothing and turning your children into dependent little freaks.[/quote]

In that case do you send your five year old into a public rest room alone? I assume you must do.

I'm actually not to concerned about him being alone in a rest room except that I know that an adult would likely give me a dressing down for letting him go in alone. But I am concerned about locker rooms.  It is well known that they are targets for abusers.  Sure the risks are still low, but they are there and they are certainly not tiny.  More real are the risks of bullying or being targeted by teens who seem to hang out unsupervised. No thanks.  My five year old is staying with me. It's not my problem that you are a prude, really it's not.

For context, I'm somebody who generally thinks parents are overprotective.  If I'm uncomfortable with my child changing alone and unsupervised around naked strangers then so would virtually everyone in America.[/quote]

Yes. And I wait outside. They started going into restrooms at places like Target when they were 4.

The risks are tiny.  Sexual assault or rape of a minor boy occurs in less than 1.4% of males. Of those assaults, less than 10% are committed by a stranger.  The incidence rate for sexual assault on a minor boy is 2 in 1000. The likelihood of that happening at a public pool, while the boy's mother is waiting for him is pretty much zero.

If you are concerned about your child's safety look to your relatives, youth pastor, priest, teachers, or coaches.

Meanwhile, stop teaching your kids that the world is a terrifying place that is full of people who want to hurt them. Most people are good people. Your neighbors and people in your city aren't madmen who want to rape and murder children.  They're just people, just like you. [/quote]

This is utter bullshit. I do not know a single child who is capable of going into a Target restroom at 4 years old by him or herself. This thread is so heavily rife with trollers and bullshitters that I don't see why we are even continuing the discussion. My child isn't tall enough to reach the faucets or the paper towels at many public restrooms and he's 5. I wouldn't want my kids touching the toilet with their hands - or navigating that nasty shit by themselves. At 4 years old, I don't think kids can be trusted not to do random weird stuff, like decide today's the day they want to check out what's inside that little trashcan inside the ladies room. And if you want to say NOT MY SALLY I'm sorry - yes, your Sally too. Sorry - no way this is real, and if it is, you're not a responsible parent in any way.

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It is not about the kids being capable or common sense of helping and supervising their kids but about their need and about them and helping their kid takes too much effort. [/quote]

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