When should children start using public toilets on their own?

blackcoffee

We had cubicles too, tho like yours Beenie, we have now gone all mod and unisex!

shazrobo

PolishBigSpender wrote: »

And you believe that teachers will escort 8-9 year old children into the toilet?

my boys are 14, and the male member of staff waits outside for them, at the end of the day the staff are responsible for the safety of the children

Oldernotwiser

fernliebee wrote: »

If I had a toddler who was going to use the toilet I wouldn't use a disabled toilet as there would be no need IMO.

When I made my point about disabled toilets, most of the posters who talked about using them with children were talking about toddlers and even older childen. As an example "mine were the same i make them all use the disable toilets when in the supermarket and my youngest is 11". That is what I was objecting to particularly!

Oldernotwiser

BeenieCat wrote: »

Is there no cubicles?

At our local pool it's all unisex now, so there's no problems for fathers & daughters, or mothers and sons. There is loads of cubicles though, but even when it was separate i could never understand why people would strip naked outside when they could go into a cubicle

There are some cubicles but most women don't bother. It seems to be only the teenagers who worry about this sort of thing - the rest of us grew up with communal school showers and aren't fussed. I don't know why adult women would want to bother with a cubicle when amongst other women.

Oldernotwiser

shazrobo wrote: »

my boys are 14, and the male member of staff waits outside for them, at the end of the day the staff are responsible for the safety of the children

This is just ridiculous!

Since when have public toilets been considered places of danger in this way? What do your sons do when they're out on their own?

mumps

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

This is just ridiculous!

Since when have public toilets been considered places of danger in this way? What do your sons do when they're out on their own?

Well my son is nearly 40 and I was working for vice squad when he was six or seven and I didn't know any parents who worked there who would let their kids go into public loos alone.

aliasojo

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

I don't know why adult women would want to bother with a cubicle when amongst other women.

Personal preference. We are all entitled to it you know.

barnaby-bear

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

There are some cubicles but most women don't bother. It seems to be only the teenagers who worry about this sort of thing - the rest of us grew up with communal school showers and aren't fussed. I don't know why adult women would want to bother with a cubicle when amongst other women.

I guess they are there for the women who do mind undressing in front of the 8 year old boys allowed in there :rolleyes:

PolishBigSpender

shazrobo wrote: »

my boys are 14, and the male member of staff waits outside for them, at the end of the day the staff are responsible for the safety of the children

That is quite frankly ridiculous. In fact, it's no surprise that children in the UK are growing up so desperately unhappy if they aren't even trusted to visit a toilet by themselves on a trip!

I remind everyone that most cases of abuse are carried out by a known individual to the child - and this is something that seems to be forgotten.

aliasojo

PolishBigSpender wrote: »

In fact, it's no surprise that children in the UK are growing up so desperately unhappy ...........

I remind everyone that most cases of abuse are carried out by a known individual to the child - and this is something that seems to be forgotten.

Are they?

'Most' being the operative word.