I've never had any concern about this before. I just did what made sense to me, but I'm curious if the majority agree with how I deal with it.
If a dad and daughter, under 5, are out in public and the daughter has to go to the bathroom, is he supposed to take her in the mens room or the ladies room if there is no family washroom?
I don't have children, but have spent a lot of time taking care of children, and have on many occasion had to take a little girl to the washroom when she wasn't old enough to go herself. Common sense just told me to take her in one of the stalls in the mens room. I've done that many times and have never had a strange look or negative remark from any men in their, but I was doing some research and came across that subject, and it appears that many people say the man should take her in the ladies room because it's all stalls, unlike the open urinals in mens rooms. Doesn't make sense to me. The only time I would ever go in a ladies room was if someone was crying for help and there were no ladies around to go in, or if I took an older girl to the washroom and she ended up needing help and there was no one else in there.
Family washrooms are very handy, but not everywhere. If there are only public washrooms for men or women, which one do you say the dad and daughter should use?
I decided to make this a poll to get more of an idea on the ratio of opinions.
If a dad and daughter, under 5, are out in public and the daughter has to go to the bathroom, is he supposed to take her in the mens room or the ladies room if there is no family washroom?
I don't have children, but have spent a lot of time taking care of children, and have on many occasion had to take a little girl to the washroom when she wasn't old enough to go herself. Common sense just told me to take her in one of the stalls in the mens room. I've done that many times and have never had a strange look or negative remark from any men in their, but I was doing some research and came across that subject, and it appears that many people say the man should take her in the ladies room because it's all stalls, unlike the open urinals in mens rooms. Doesn't make sense to me. The only time I would ever go in a ladies room was if someone was crying for help and there were no ladies around to go in, or if I took an older girl to the washroom and she ended up needing help and there was no one else in there.
Family washrooms are very handy, but not everywhere. If there are only public washrooms for men or women, which one do you say the dad and daughter should use?
I decided to make this a poll to get more of an idea on the ratio of opinions.