https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 11 May 2026 18:27:34 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-should-a-dad-stop-taking-a-daughter-to-the-mens-room#post-1210076 Tue, 12 Nov 2013 08:08:32 +0000 spaniellove 1210076@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thank you guys for explaining this; I was wondering what the alternative was and you cleared it up for me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-should-a-dad-stop-taking-a-daughter-to-the-mens-room#post-1210059 Tue, 12 Nov 2013 07:55:48 +0000 Honeybee 1210059@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I read this to my husband and he said, "I took (our daughter) into the men's room yesterday. I'll stop when she's big enough to go by herself." :) Our daughter is 3.5 but people always assume she's 4 or 5 because she's tall and speaks like an older child. It doesn't bother me when my husband takes her into the men's room; it's not like she's never seen a penis before (she does have a dad and a brother) and at this age she's old enough to understand about privacy and bathroom etiquette. In my opinion, it was a lot worse when she was around 2 and liked to (loudly) comment on other people's body parts than now because now she understands a little better about keeping her comments to herself. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-should-a-dad-stop-taking-a-daughter-to-the-mens-room#post-1210033 Tue, 12 Nov 2013 07:37:22 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1210033@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When the child is old enough to go to the bathroom completely unassissted and the bathroom is safe. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-should-a-dad-stop-taking-a-daughter-to-the-mens-room#post-1210030 Tue, 12 Nov 2013 07:34:16 +0000 blackbird 1210030@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think it's a big deal. i think it's great that dad took the incentive so mom could eat or do whatever with their possible other children. I doubt he let her linger at the urinals :)</p> <p>I *DO* like that most places have a family bathroom, now, though :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-should-a-dad-stop-taking-a-daughter-to-the-mens-room#post-1209976 Tue, 12 Nov 2013 06:48:00 +0000 lamariniere 1209976@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I would have a parent accompany a child of the opposite sex until 8-10 if necessary! I honestly don't see the difference between an 8 year old boy in the ladies room and an 8 year old girl in the men's room, if with a parent. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-should-a-dad-stop-taking-a-daughter-to-the-mens-room#post-1209889 Tue, 12 Nov 2013 00:40:40 +0000 Penny Lane 1209889@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HabesBabe: this is a good point too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-should-a-dad-stop-taking-a-daughter-to-the-mens-room#post-1209888 Tue, 12 Nov 2013 00:39:59 +0000 Penny Lane 1209888@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>whenever I feel comfortable sending them alone! i dont' see much difference between the mum or the dad taking a child, the stalls have doors either way! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-should-a-dad-stop-taking-a-daughter-to-the-mens-room#post-1209887 Tue, 12 Nov 2013 00:39:20 +0000 Anagram 1209887@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Same age as little boys coming in to the women's restroom, so 6-7ish? Bit this is why I like family restrooms in malls and airports and large places and/or unisex bathrooms with no stall in smaller places like restaurants. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-should-a-dad-stop-taking-a-daughter-to-the-mens-room#post-1209884 Tue, 12 Nov 2013 00:37:43 +0000 HabesBabe 1209884@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>IMO, until the dad or daughter starts to feel uncomfortable about it. So whether that means 5, 7, or 9. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-should-a-dad-stop-taking-a-daughter-to-the-mens-room#post-1209876 Tue, 12 Nov 2013 00:17:41 +0000 birdofafeather 1209876@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah, my first reaction was 6. But I wouldn't send in a 6 yo on his own! So whenever I would send them in alone. And it's not always my job to bring my kid to the bathroom so DH would bring her til she's old enough to go in alone! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-should-a-dad-stop-taking-a-daughter-to-the-mens-room#post-1209851 Mon, 11 Nov 2013 23:30:28 +0000 yellowbird 1209851@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it's awesome that the dad would take her. It's not like she's on display for the world to see. There are closed stalls I would assume. One of my biggest pet peeves is the lack of changing stations in mens bathrooms. Why is it always the moms job?! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-should-a-dad-stop-taking-a-daughter-to-the-mens-room#post-1209847 Mon, 11 Nov 2013 23:23:43 +0000 mrbee 1209847@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'll take my daughter into the men's room until she's old enough to go into the bathroom alone! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-should-a-dad-stop-taking-a-daughter-to-the-mens-room#post-1209831 Mon, 11 Nov 2013 22:53:18 +0000 MrsSCB 1209831@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@brownie: agreed. I wouldn't want to send a 5 or 6 year old into the restroom alone either, especially if we were somewhere very crowded. I don't really think it's a big deal anyway, it's just a bathroom, whether it's for men or women. I guess with men's rooms a girl might see something if guys are at the urinals, but it's not like the men are walking around with it all hanging out, haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-should-a-dad-stop-taking-a-daughter-to-the-mens-room#post-1209811 Mon, 11 Nov 2013 22:26:53 +0000 brownie 1209811@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>8 or 9 really. I would not let my 5 or 6 year old boy go into a large public restroom by himself. My friend is a single dad and that is his only option. 8 or 9 would be old enough to be responsible. Some kids may be ready earlier and others later. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-should-a-dad-stop-taking-a-daughter-to-the-mens-room#post-1209800 Mon, 11 Nov 2013 22:14:31 +0000 sarac 1209800@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've thought about it the other way, boys with their moms in the ladies room. 5 or 6 strikes me as far too old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-should-a-dad-stop-taking-a-daughter-to-the-mens-room#post-1209789 Mon, 11 Nov 2013 22:06:05 +0000 pinkcupcake 1209789@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hmm, not sure... I guess 5 or 6? I'd probably take her into the ladies' room though, if we were all out together... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-should-a-dad-stop-taking-a-daughter-to-the-mens-room#post-1209784 Mon, 11 Nov 2013 22:02:29 +0000 autumnlove 1209784@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>5 or 6? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-should-a-dad-stop-taking-a-daughter-to-the-mens-room#post-1209768 Mon, 11 Nov 2013 21:58:01 +0000 spaniellove 1209768@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I saw a post somewhere else that reminded me of this - we recently went out and DH saw a dad with his 4 or 5-year-old daughter in the men's bathroom. At first he thought maybe they were out without the mom, but later we saw the whole family sitting together. </p> <p>Is this something I don't understand because I don't have a LO yet? Or is that something the mom should have handled at the girl's age? </p>