2006-10-25 07:20:11 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Other - Health
take him to the ladies room.
2006-10-25 07:22:25 · answer #1 · answered by <><><> 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have an 11 yr old disabled son, and if I am alone with him in public, I still take him in the ladies room because he needs my help. You can't go into the men's room, and 6 is too young to send in there alone unless it's a single room (not stalls). A few yrs ago there was an incident at my local BK where a young boy was assaulted by a man in the mens room. If I were in a ladies room and saw someone come in with a young boy I wouldnt have a problem with it. I myself try to find single bathrooms so there is no problems, but when you gotta go, you gotta go!
2006-10-25 14:56:02 · answer #2 · answered by Allyson 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You never go into the men's room. If he is not old enough to go in the men's room by himself (which six years old is not) then you take him into the ladies room.
It is not even a matter of you standing at the door and waiting for him. When I was younger in Texas I remember a young boy going in the bathroom and some man put him in the stall and cut off the boys private and shoved it down his throat. I know this sounds morbid - that was when I was 14 and I have never forgotten it. My son is in high school and I still keep time on him in the bathroom.
2006-10-25 14:29:20 · answer #3 · answered by totalstressor 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This one is a toss up. It all depends on his mentality and maturity. If you feel he is mature enough and knows the differences between wrong and right you can send him in the mens restroom but wait directly outsid the door and time him. If you feel that he does not have the mentality to know whats wrong or right then you can take him in the womens restroom with you. My opinion is if he is six he has already been going to the restroom by himself at school and he can to the mens restroom. If you are in a busy place with lots a people and do not feel confident that he will be safe then it is best to take him to the ladies. If it is a restroom that has only one to two stalls he should be safe.
2006-10-25 14:25:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If he is six, then yes, he can still go into the ladies room, but he should be going into the mens room. They have to do that in school if he has to go. Just make sure you are by the door waiting for him so he doesn't leave with anyone else. He will probably come out smiling if he doesn't already go to the bathroom himself while with his parents. (Just tell him to wash his hands in the smaller sink)
2006-10-25 14:29:17 · answer #5 · answered by innocentkitty214 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take him into the ladies, after all you are a grown woman and grown woman do not belong in the mens. But as your nephew is only six i don't see why any lady would object to him being in the ladies toilets.
2006-10-25 14:22:25 · answer #6 · answered by Grace H 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If I read between the lines, the issue is about safety. If you let him go to the mens by himself it is a good thing for him, self confidence and stuff like that.
At six he can "handle things" well enough. For the safety issue stand outside the mens and keep an eye on the timing, if it gets long just call out his name, simple. As he gets older, the further away you can stand.
If he's shy, tell him to go into a stall for both the No1's and 2's. Otherwise let him choose for himself.
In most large places there is a special urinal for the horizontally challenged as well.
2006-10-25 14:47:33 · answer #7 · answered by D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would still take him in the ladies room because you do not want him going alone into the men's room for safety issues. Most women are very tolerant of little boys being the their restrooms.
2006-10-25 14:29:55 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He is only 6. I would take him with you. I still take my son and he is only 8. If he's with his brother or someone else that might be different, but no woman should have anything to say about a mother taking a young boy into the washroom with her in this day and age!
If I were a single dad with a small child, I would say the same, although men tend to think differently! :~)
2006-10-25 14:24:10 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Take him to the ladies room.
2006-10-25 14:27:05 · answer #10 · answered by Neka 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends, is his true age 6 and does he know how to go by himself and use everything? If he does, let him go by himself and wait outside. If he's slow then take him in the womens room. Boys need to be boys and letting him develope and grow helps him. Never, NEVER...go in the mens room.
2006-10-25 14:24:26 · answer #11 · answered by Betty Boop 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋