At the end of our field trip, I ran into another mom chaperone who was in charge of 3 boys. We decided to stop by the bathroom on our way to the bus and she started leading the boys in the direction of the men's room. I asked her if she was going to the Men's - as I have been taking them to the Women's and she flat-out said that she thinks they are "way too old to be going to the Women's bathroom."
So we opened the door and there was a man in there - another chaperone - but we didn't know if there were any other adult males in there. The other mom sent the boys she was in charge of but I kept mine until I knew the bathroom was completely empty except for our boys.
So my question is, how old is too old to be going to the Women's bathroom? I clearly disagree with the other mom. When I go shopping with Ricky, I take him to the Women's, because I am not going to let him go into the Men's bathroom - alone- only to have some man molest him.
I was in charge of 3 other mom's babies - and I wanted to make sure that no harm was going to come their way. I can't believe this other mom would just send the boys in the Men's bathroom without checking it first even. But then again, like my ex-friend said, I *am* overprotective.
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I guess this could be a sticky subject. I think that if you have a group like this, and they can go in together, I would allow them into the mens room (pervs are not going to attempt anything if there is more than 1), however if it was just me and the kid, he/she would go into the bathroom with the adult in charge. Make sense?
I think that's a good solution. Thank you! Things get iffy when there are other kids involved. You try to do what you think their parents would do or approve of.
I take my six year old into the women's restroom with me. There's NO WAY I would send him into a men's room by himself. No way no how. And I would have taken the kids I was chaperoning into the ladies' room too.
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