Public restrooms

[esieffe]

“pre-teaching” about predators should happen as soon as one can to their children, and it can be done in stages. For a six year old, [ the year a councilor at church camp asked me if I was curious about his anatomy while standing before me in the shower / bathroom] it would be rather simplistic. Don’t ever let anyone touch you and don’t touch them. At 8-11 I would introduce the topic of predators.

My personal opinion is that Mom should broach this with girls, and Dad with the boys, to minimize the embarrassment of such things.

I like to use metaphors to explain my point. In nature there are predators, tigers and so on. “Sadly there are predators among people too, but unlike tigers, these predators don’t serve a purpose rather they are damaged in some way. This is what you do if something uncomfortable happens, this is what it might start off like, most of all you must remember, if you run into one of these predators, know that it was not your fault, and that we love you very much no matter what.”

As early as 11 but no later than the onset of puberty, buy a kid oriented book, Christian based that explains what happens in puberty and what changes takes place with the body. The goal is not to scare your kids to death, but to truthfully introduce them to the very imperfect and sometimes dangerous world we live in as a very loving parent.

“We leave the lights on at night outside not because we are expecting a burglary this week but because we want one that might be pass by to know we care about safety, and we can show that we care about safety even when we are in world too!”

 

[esieffe]

I almost alway say, “I’m going potty.”

I tell people that I have to go to the sand box, even though I am a dog person.

 

[meltzerboy2]

Jewish mothers stop taking their sons to the public bathroom with them at about the age of 25…years.

 

[DaveBj]

I can remember being really embarrassed when my mom took me into the ladies room at the age of 3 or 4. On one hand, this was shortly after WWII, long before predation on children became a Thing. On the other hand, it was a public toilet in a major-city Greyhound terminal (Indianapolis, I think), and she wasn’t taking any chances. I was old enough to know the difference, and be embarrassed by it.

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[JanR]

Frankly, I would be grateful if every public place I visited had signs so easily seen to direct me to where the restrooms are. In some of these big box stores, you have to really hunt for the restroom sign. In a lot of public places it’s like that. You really have to look for them. I would much prefer a great big sign that can be readily spotted, with a great big arrow or other directional signal showing where to go.

 

[JanR]

Now – if the folks in charge of maintaining public restrooms would just keep those seat bolts tightened down so the seats don’t move underneath us and PINCH us! Somehow, it seems to me that shouldn’t be too much trouble if one’s job is to keep restrooms maintained. Some places I’ve used, the toilet seats are so loose they’re practically falling off. And when I bring it to the attention of someone in charge, they just blow it off. Maybe if THEY get pinched a time or two, they would take it more seriously. I consider that just part of restroom safety, and restrooms should be safe for everyone to use – including the commodes, themselves.