It’s a dilemma every parent has faced: you’re out in public with your child, who suddenly declares they need to go to the bathroom.
For mothers, the solution is fairly simple, no matter the gender of their child: they can accompany their child into the ladies’ room and supervise as they do their business.
But for fathers, especially those with young daughters, the decision is much more tricky: do they take their daughter into the men’s room, or accompany her into the ladies’?
The answer is not so simple, as one woman discovered when she started a fierce debate by questioning whether her husband should be taking their four-year-old daughter into the women’s or men’s toilets while they were out in public together.
Asking the question on parenting forum Mumsnet, the mum said she and her husband have had a “disagreement” over which bathroom was the appropriate place to take their young child.
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If someone got stuck into me doing that they would get a less than cordial reply back
I clearly remember the first few times my son insisted that he was old enough to use the men's toilets. I didn't go in as he was old enough to manage alone. I did tell him I would stand at the door and if he didn't answer if I called, I would march in to find him. I was so worried that some sicko would be waiting for him. Fortunately nothing happened. I feel for this poor man. What's wrong with him going into the ladies with his daughter? And as for parents' rooms, men are parents too. What is the world coming to? Get over it.