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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Age three or four seems fine for child of the opposite sex to be in a mens or women's locker room.  Eight is definitely not.  Younger girls using the women's locker room shouldn't have to worry about having an older boy come in while they are changing.  The choice is not between using the women's locker room or the men's.  It is between using the men's or not using the locker room at all.  If you are concerned for the boy's safety, don't use the locker room. My son is 6 and my daughter is 8.  If both parents go to the pool, we use the appropriate locker rooms.  If only one parent goes, we skip the locker rooms.  No one is in danger, no one is uncomfortable.  It might be less convenient but then I am not one to think it is always all about me and mine.[/quote]

I guess it just feels like we are sexualizing 5 year olds when we group them in with 8, 10, 15 year olds who, I agree, shouldn't use the opposite gender locker room.  In my mind, a 5 year old is like a 2 or 3 year old (and the Burke Racquet and Swim Club doesn't even let those toddlers in!).  I honestly don't care what my 3 year old or 5 year old sees, and I don't see why other families get to go home dry in the winter just because they have kids of a different gender, and we have to go home soaking wet and freezing, especially in winter.  It is completely ridiculous, and they need to rethink their policy.   [/quote]

I agree that 3 and 5 seem OK for the other locker room and Burke should reconsider their policy.  It is a private club so perhaps you could ask other members what they think?  But, some people bring their older boys into the women's locker room way beyond an age when it is appropriate just because they don't want to be bothered to go home in a wet suit.  I have kids of both genders and when I am the only person with them, we all go home in damp clothes regardless of the weather.  [/quote]

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