Thursday, September 25, 2003 |
Too old to use the Lady’s room?
How old is too old for little kids to be using the incorrect public toilets? In other words when is a little boy too old to be going into the Lady’s with his Mum?
Obviously an infant is not a real concern in the Lady’s. I would suggest however that a 28 year old bloke would not be received with open arms. Therefore a cut off age must exist where boys are forbidden from the Lady’s and girls forbidden from the Men’s.
There is a simple test to determine if your little charge is too old to be in the wrong toilet with you. Quite simply, if they are old enough to ask either of the following questions then maybe they are a little old to be in there;
“what’s that thing Mummy?”
“why don’t girls have a willy?”
“why are her things wobblier than yours Mummy?”
This of course raises the question what to do with a child who is now old enough to make other people in the bathroom uncomfortable but too young to be going into a public toilet by themselves.
Thankfully if you are in a modern shopping centre you will most likely be able to find a well appointed Parents room. Only a few years ago these things were called Mother’s rooms with Fathers being forbidden from them. This parental apartheid system forced Dads to change their baby’s nappies in disgusting Men’s rooms or not change them at all.
However just like in South Africa this exclusion no longer exists with parents of both sexes being able to look after their children in a clean, safe environment.
How old is too old for little kids to be using the incorrect public toilets? In other words when is a little boy too old to be going into the Lady’s with his Mum?
Obviously an infant is not a real concern in the Lady’s. I would suggest however that a 28 year old bloke would not be received with open arms. Therefore a cut off age must exist where boys are forbidden from the Lady’s and girls forbidden from the Men’s.
There is a simple test to determine if your little charge is too old to be in the wrong toilet with you. Quite simply, if they are old enough to ask either of the following questions then maybe they are a little old to be in there;
“what’s that thing Mummy?”
“why don’t girls have a willy?”
“why are her things wobblier than yours Mummy?”
This of course raises the question what to do with a child who is now old enough to make other people in the bathroom uncomfortable but too young to be going into a public toilet by themselves.
Thankfully if you are in a modern shopping centre you will most likely be able to find a well appointed Parents room. Only a few years ago these things were called Mother’s rooms with Fathers being forbidden from them. This parental apartheid system forced Dads to change their baby’s nappies in disgusting Men’s rooms or not change them at all.
However just like in South Africa this exclusion no longer exists with parents of both sexes being able to look after their children in a clean, safe environment.
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