Childrens safety come first

[Rosemary]

Parents going swimming with kids of the opposite gender can be in difficult positions when locker rooms are used. A survey is useful to gauge attitudes on this forum.

1. How old should your child be before you are comfortable sending them alone to a locker room.

2. At what age will be you be uncomfortbale with them entering your room, and seeing other adults.

3. Are you uncomfortable with others bringing their children into the locker room. At what age do you feel uncomfortable.

 

[handy]

I struggled with this with my son, because I don't feel kids are safe to be on their own by the time they are too old (in my opinion) to be around nekkie people of the opposite sex. I was uncomfortable with having my son in a woman's restroom after about 4, but 5 is way too young to be on his own in a public locker room/shower.

Our solution was that we just never went to a public pool without both mom and dad. However, I can understand where that doesn't help the single parent too much.

A solution would be to make an arrangement with a trusted teenager... something along the lines of "I'll treat you to a day at the pool, if you help me watch the kids, especially Johnny in the locker room." That, along with maybe a lunch at McD's seems a fair enough exchange.

Yes, extra dollars but not that many extra and certainly a fair exchange for safety.

Our son was about 10 when I was finally comfortable letting him go in on his own.