Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think young kids should be in a locker room alone.

Just google locker room assaults.

https://wjla.com/news/local/woman-alleges-rape-assault-inside-wilson-aquatic-center-locker-room-97400

These are not young kids.

When your 11 yr old is raped in a locker room, lets so how old you think they are.

Well, I hope you’re fine with your 11 year old seeing bare breasts and crotches, then. Because I’m not covering up just because he’s there. You can’t have it both ways.

I have been taking my currently 5 year old to the women’s changing rooms and bathrooms since he was a baby. I am starting to feel that he is getting a little on the older side, but at the same time I am the one taking him to swim class and there is no way he could manage on his own. My daughters are 8 and 10 and can do everything on their own so I guess my son will be able to shower and change on his own in a few years.
I have never been scared of letting him go in the men lockers on his own, but after reading some of these messages maybe I should…

Well how do you know he didn’t identify as female? The world we live in today, we should install all family restrooms. Because kids do get assaulted. So yes, if grown men can go into a female changing room, an 11 yo can as well. Also America is so prudish. I think going to pee alone at 11 or even younger is very different from going to actually change. And I linger right outside when my boys go in to pew.

My 10 YO son is fully capable of going into a men’s room alone. If we are at an airport I just hang near the door and he’s always in and out quickly. He’d be embarrassed if I took him with me into a ladies room.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think young kids should be in a locker room alone.

Just google locker room assaults.

https://wjla.com/news/local/woman-alleges-rape-assault-inside-wilson-aquatic-center-locker-room-97400

These are not young kids.

When your 11 yr old is raped in a locker room, lets so how old you think they are.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think young kids should be in a locker room alone.

Just google locker room assaults.

https://wjla.com/news/local/woman-alleges-rape-assault-inside-wilson-aquatic-center-locker-room-97400

These are not young kids.

Men are disgusting and violent. There’s no way an 11-year-old should be in a locker room with a bunch of naked men.

I’m sorry for whatever trauma you had on your life that makes you say this. But, an 11 YO boy should definitely not be in a women’s locker room.

I read the article. Only benches? No cubicles? I don’t think so. Especially in a women’s locker room.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ve made my 11 year old use the women’s bathroom at the sketchiest McDonald’s in the world (by the Silver Spring metro). Otherwise, no. I’m sometimes paranoid enough that I will stand outside the door if it’s a train station or something.

If that McDonald's was that bad, why didn't you go to a non sketchy McDonald's?

Think about your question . . .. The answer will gush forth.

Anonymous wrote:I’ve made my 11 year old use the women’s bathroom at the sketchiest McDonald’s in the world (by the Silver Spring metro). Otherwise, no. I’m sometimes paranoid enough that I will stand outside the door if it’s a train station or something.

If that McDonald's was that bad, why didn't you go to a non sketchy McDonald's?

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think young kids should be in a locker room alone.

Just google locker room assaults.

https://wjla.com/news/local/woman-alleges-rape-assault-inside-wilson-aquatic-center-locker-room-97400

These are not young kids.

I’ve made my 11 year old use the women’s bathroom at the sketchiest McDonald’s in the world (by the Silver Spring metro). Otherwise, no. I’m sometimes paranoid enough that I will stand outside the door if it’s a train station or something.

I think that an 11 year old who does not have special needs would be able to go into the rest room that aligns with their gender.

But I don't think that you can tell just by looking whether a child has special needs.

I also can tell you as both a parent of a disabled child and a special ed teacher working with high school and post-high school kids, that if a child or adult has special needs that prevent him from going into the changing room or restroom alone, and is in the company of a parent or professional of the opposite gender, it's not uncommon to run into situations where there isn't an answer. With adults, I've often defaulted to going into the men's room (I'm female), with kids who are prepubescent, I would choose to bring a male child with me if that was the only option.

If the article said "there was a family changing room" or "there was a single stall bathroom, and a door from the hallway directly to the pool", I'll judge but I didn't see where the article clarified that.

I don’t think young kids should be in a locker room alone.

Just google locker room assaults.

https://wjla.com/news/local/woman-alleges-rape-assault-inside-wilson-aquatic-center-locker-room-97400

A few years ago I was at Disney World, in the "land" section of Epcot. I was using the restroom and saw a boy that looked about 12-13 with his mom. They walked out about the same time as me, and waiting outside for them were three adult men (I'm assuming Dad, Grandpa, and maybe an uncle?)

As a mom of boys, I think 13 is old enough to use a restroom alone--but even if this family wasn't comfortable with that, why couldn't one of these men have brought him into the mens room?

We've discussed this before and most agree that using a family changing room, if available, or bring boys already in swim trunks. An 11 yr old, who is not SN, should not be brought into women's changing room at pool or restroom in a public place. Personally, I do not even thing a SN 11 yr. old boy should be in women changing room or rest room.

https://nypost.com/2024/04/05/lifestyle/mom-divides-parents-after-bringing-her-11-year-old-son-into-a-womens-changing-room/