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Hmm, not sure... I guess 5 or 6? I'd probably take her into the ladies' room though, if we were all out together...

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.

I'll take my daughter into the men's room until she's old enough to go into the bathroom alone!

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!

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.

@HabesBabe: this is a good point too!

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

I *DO* like that most places have a family bathroom, now, though

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.