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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's amazing to me how many people on DCUM (quite reasonably) are very protective of their sons because of pedophiles on the playground, in extracurriculars, etc., but then demand that 6-year-olds be sent into LOCKER ROOMS alone.  Unbelievable.[/quote]

She can take him home with a robe on or change him in a non locker room, in a family changing room, or [b]in the hallway with a towel around him[/b].  There are lots of alternatives.  [/quote]

Nice - and where should Mom change???  Today may have been unseasonably warm but doubt this will hold true, I know I don't want to go outside or get in my car in 30 degree weather with a wet bathing suit on even if under clothing.
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As I mentioned, taking them to a NON locker room is another option..so the women's room.  If your kid is big enough to bring discomfort to others and is old enough for kindergarten, he's too big for the women's locker room.[/quote]

Do you understand not all pools are as plush as yours?   There is one bathroom or locker room per gender.  I have gotten stranger looks changing my son at four outside than bringing him in a locker room.  He is in swim lessons year round.   So, I bring him out soaking wet in 10-30 degree weather soaking his car seat and let him freeze.  No.   Get over it.  A 5-6-7 year old is not ready to be alone.  My child has delays and he needs help getting changed (hence the swim lessons for coordination).  The county pool we go to is very very basic.  [/quote]

You aren't the only one with a son.  I have one as well.  I also have a daughter and am not bringing my kid into the locker room of the opposite sex once he is elementary school.  You did it today, and it was close to 60 degrees so stop with the excuses.  It makes my daughter and her swim teammates uncomfortable.  Oh, and we swim year round as well.  We just are more thoughtful of others'. [/quote]

Good try.  My child is not on a swim team so it absolutely was not us.  I am not sure what you expect someone with a 5-6 year old to do.  I am not changing him in public nor is he able to go into a restroom alone.  To me you are not very thoughtful if you expect a five year old to go into a locker room alone, change and do why he needs to do and get out.  Or, maybe you are one of those free range parents whose kids are running out of control in other people's yards, destroying property, screaming and being generally annoying as their parents do not feel a need to supervise them.  Five-Six is way to young to be doing anything alone and it is neglect if they are.[/quote]

My kids started year round swimming at 5.  That meant I waited for a family changing room if we were at a pool that had one or I held a towel up and changed them in a quietish corner or I threw a robe on them and drove them home if it was warm.  I'm not a free range parent but I'm also not going to intrude on someone else's privacy.  I would sometimes also use a women's restroom that wasn't a changing room to get them changed.  Have I been boiling hot at a pool trying to hold up a towel and change my kid with sweat pouring off of me because I am not intruding on others and have a 5.5/6 year old.  Yes.  Is it miserable for a FEW MINUTES for me?  Yes, but big deal.  Knowing I have kids of different sexes, I knew I wouldn't want my kids uncomfortable with someone in the locker room of their designated sex.  If I see you in the locker room with a kid who clearly doesn't belong there, I'm saying something to you.  [/quote]

I think you do not get at most pools there is not a family bathroom.  It is not ok to change a five year old in public.  So the only option is to bring them in with you.  If you said something to me you would be very unhappy with what I said back.  [/quote]

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