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Guest blogger Meanest Mom writes: The other day I was washing my hands in a public restroom when I reached for the towel dispenser and found myself face to face with an 8-year-old boy.

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My first thought was "Eew! Get out of here!" My second thought was, "Are people thinking the same thing about the two boys standing next to me?"

I am the mother of twin 4-year-old boys who, more often than not, do their business in women's restrooms. It's not that my sons haven't expressed their desire to pee in a urinal--they have--I've just been reluctant to let them. My worry is not so much about pedophiles hiding out in men's bathroom stalls (although that is a concern), but the potential problems associated with sending two preschoolers into a room filled with flushing whirlpools and electric fountains...unattended.

As I learned from an incident at Costco last week, it is impossible to assist a crying boy who has run out of toilet paper at an inopportune time without first clearing the bathroom of five very annoyed men with full bladders.

All of this has left me wondering: At what age should boys start using the men's restroom? Mothers of boys ranging from ages 4 to 14 want, and in the case of the latter, NEED to know.


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calimom 3 July 3, 2008, 8:23 PM

You should be concerned about pedophiles! A few years ago a horrible incident made national headlines. Forgive me if the story is a bit fuzzy. But the jist is a tween boy went to the restroom at a rest stop with his aunt standing outside the entrance. After a while she realized that he had been in there a while. She eventually went in. He had been sexually assulted and murdered. It just isn’t safe.
I appreciate it when moms of boys “announce” the entrance of their sons. Several times I’ve quipped “Just a moment please. My 11 & 9 year old girls are with me.” And we politely pass each other as she waits until we exit.
I know this was thought to be a light hearted blog but…

Jenni July 4, 2008, 7:48 AM

Our pool posts the age as six. But I am still careful and my oldest is eight. We take it slow and watch who is going in and out. He also knows that there is a time limit before I get an employee to go in. But at airports and very busy places - he is still with me. Walmart, Target etc - he is likely to be on his own.

Anonymous July 4, 2008, 12:49 PM

I agree about being very careful even with older boys. We live in a big high crime city. My youngest son is 12 but I do not let him enter a bathroom until I am sure it is empty then I post myself at the door half in and half out to be sure no men go in until he is finished. Men who come by will usually just look at me funny and keep going. If they ask what I am doing I tell them that I am waiting for my son and that no one is going in until he is done. They are usually very understanding anyone who watches the news around here knows the risks. We have had several incidents where teen boys have been raped or just had men expose themselves to them in restrooms in our city. Not to mention the gang members who do some of their recruiting beat downs in bathrooms across our city. If your son is hurt…Even if you catch the guy who did it because you know who went in and out… that will not change what happened to your son. I will continue to be careful. Around here even our older teen sons usually go to the bathroom only in pairs.

Dee July 7, 2008, 12:56 PM

We try use the “family” bathrooms that have popped up in most large public places (like Malls). It solves a lot of these issues. We just need more places to included them.

Anonymous July 7, 2008, 1:24 PM

I am sooooooo glad I have a daughter! My best friend has boys. She always sent them in the mens room together and stood by the door, listening for cries of help. I really feel for you moms with boys.

Monika February 13, 2009, 5:32 AM

The YMCA has a sign posted outside their locker rooms:
Age of 6 or older, same gender/same restroom and locker room.

Works for me!

Robin  July 24, 2010, 11:13 AM

So you do not what boys in women locker room so the same rule apply to you about boys locker room. Ir a fact that most moms who bring their son into the women locker room is not about safety. Women use the issues of men locker room being very danger but it not. We women love to democratic something to cover up in what we real are. There are moms who bring their son for safety and you can tell who they are. Than you can tell those who are sexually to boys and are A Grade A Pedophiles. They love to display the son gentile to others. They get a very high sexually arousal from doing this. It also need to be notices how women show up when their is swimming lessons who has no children. They hang around to see the pleasure of moms who bring their son in the locker room. There is another factor we need to look at is these women who do not what boys in the locker is that are very strong sexually to boys and they use the smoke screen of they do not what boys in the locker room because they real are getting turn on sexually with the boys in the locker room. There is times when boys boys can be in locker room for example is that most of the kids who swim at a same time each day is cool because they know each other. Than there is times boys should not be in their. There are just as many pedophiles and women who wold love to touch your sons gentile. Boys are no safer in the women locker as if they were in the men locker room. The fact is boys as well as girls are more subject to sexually abuse in the women locker than the men. The reason of this is we brought up with this thinking women do not do anything to children. Women love this thinking because it leaves the door open for them to do as they please. Another danger is mom who have conduction their sons that moms, girls and other women can do as they please with you. So you women do not what boys to see you naked. Than you need stop seeing boys naked. If you see them naked than they have the same right.

I heard of a story where this women always see this young boy naked. One day when we was 4 he walk in on her and she was dressing and she was naked. See told him you should respect my privacy. The boy respond and told her, you see me naked. Most women have this double standard of boys and girls. Yes there is a serious attitude in the USA that women need to respect children bodies and stop use this women thing we can do as we please.

Yes Women In General are 100 per cent child pedophiles. Women are very strong sexually to preteen boys and teen boys. It a fact that moms use the locker room for human trafficking of boys. A mom has daughter and the mom of the boy tell the mom of the girls well meet us at the pool and I bring my son so she can see a boy gentile. Who do women think they are. Your son gentiles are not yours and who you think give you the right to display his gentile to others. It you son business who we what to see his gentile. Moms use the locker for sell their child for money by letting other women or girls have sex with him.

There another thing about moms who bring their sons to the women locker room is when you know there is a family locker room. The are a sick sex pedophiles. A normal mother knows there is a family locker room how have total respect for your son will use the family locker room. So the question is why do moms bring their sons in the women locker room is this they are sex pedophiles.

A note to you women who what to drama the issues of males being pedophiles. Women and girls are more pedophiles than boys and men. Keep on living your lies but we know the truth.

Robin  July 24, 2010, 11:17 AM

So you do not what boys in women locker room so the same rule apply to you about boys locker room. Ir a fact that most moms who bring their son into the women locker room is not about safety. Women use the issues of men locker room being very danger but it not. We women love to democratic something to cover up in what we real are. There are moms who bring their son for safety and you can tell who they are. Than you can tell those who are sexually to boys and are A Grade A Pedophiles. They love to display the son gentile to others. They get a very high sexually arousal from doing this. It also need to be notices how women show up when their is swimming lessons who has no children. They hang around to see the pleasure of moms who bring their son in the locker room. There is another factor we need to look at is these women who do not what boys in the locker is that are very strong sexually to boys and they use the smoke screen of they do not what boys in the locker room because they real are getting turn on sexually with the boys in the locker room. There is times when boys boys can be in locker room for example is that most of the kids who swim at a same time each day is cool because they know each other. Than there is times boys should not be in their. There are just as many pedophiles and women who wold love to touch your sons gentile. Boys are no safer in the women locker as if they were in the men locker room. The fact is boys as well as girls are more subject to sexually abuse in the women locker than the men. The reason of this is we brought up with this thinking women do not do anything to children. Women love this thinking because it leaves the door open for them to do as they please. Another danger is mom who have conduction their sons that moms, girls and other women can do as they please with you. So you women do not what boys to see you naked. Than you need stop seeing boys naked. If you see them naked than they have the same right.

I heard of a story where this women always see this young boy naked. One day when we was 4 he walk in on her and she was dressing and she was naked. See told him you should respect my privacy. The boy respond and told her, you see me naked. Most women have this double standard of boys and girls. Yes there is a serious attitude in the USA that women need to respect children bodies and stop use this women thing we can do as we please.

Yes Women In General are 100 per cent child pedophiles. Women are very strong sexually to preteen boys and teen boys. It a fact that moms use the locker room for human trafficking of boys. A mom has daughter and the mom of the boy tell the mom of the girls well meet us at the pool and I bring my son so she can see a boy gentile. Who do women think they are. Your son gentiles are not yours and who you think give you the right to display his gentile to others. It you son business who we what to see his gentile. Moms use the locker for sell their child for money by letting other women or girls have sex with him.

There another thing about moms who bring their sons to the women locker room is when you know there is a family locker room. The are a sick sex pedophiles. A normal mother knows there is a family locker room how have total respect for your son will use the family locker room. So the question is why do moms bring their sons in the women locker room is this they are sex pedophiles. SmileOpen-mouthed

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joe  February 24, 2011, 4:57 PM

Robin has it right.If women are not pediphiles then why do they also go into the boys lockerroom and change there boys.They see other boys and men too They say im a mother and it should not bother you if im in here. There teen age boys in there getting changed and the mothers stare at them. What if a dad took his daughter in the girls lockerroom.He would be going to jail.


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