Age limit of kid of opposite sex in locker room

My son' s four and I'm debating how much longer I'll bring him in with me right now. When I have a male friend there, too, no problem he can go in the men's locker room. However, in public restrooms? Not a chance. And I'll explain why to any woman who looks offended or uncomfortable and hope she understands. If she doesn't understand that I'm willing to trade her momentary discomfort (and my son is very well-mannered. Well, for a four-year-old) for the assurance that my baby is not going to run into a pervert without me there to protect him, I don't actually care.

Our Y remodeled a few years ago. They have two  family large bathrooms/changing rooms  with showers and room to change that anyone can use that prevents this issue. They have a 5 year old rule...5 and under is okay for opposite sex in lockers room with adults.

In our locker rooms they also have a 18 and over room to change plus they have changing stalls to use in both the general locker room and the over 18 locker room. I go into the over 18 year old section when it is family swim time. I only go in the regular section when I bring my daughters who are 7-11 and we swim together.

Sounds like my Y is pretty well organized for this issue.

At my YMCA the rule is no one under 19 allowed in the adult locker rooms period. There are separate locker rooms for moms&kids and dads&kids.  Kids over the age of 6 are supposed to go to the appropriate gender's room.  There are also 4 "special needs" changing rooms.

Bad behavior - don't get me started!  Last Sunday I was in the locker room at the pool and a lady asked me, "Is she ok over there?" and pointed to the sink area.  My daughter was next to me quietly getting dressed but I went over anyway.  There was a 2 year old girl standing on a stool on a wet floor with a blower drier turned on in her hand and a sink with the faucet running right in front of her!  Her sister, in the meantime was running naked at full speed up and down the legnth of the locker room yelling while the mother was taking a shower.  Insane!  (And yes, I turned off the blow dryer and the sink and brought the children over to their mother and suggested that she watch her children better.) 

Sorry, off  the original topic but I had to vent!

14?  Dang... are you sure?  Could she have had an overactive pituitary on something like that?  I can't imagine not being able to trust your 14-year-old to sit out on the bench for 15 minutes? 

I'm with the "public restroom" folks.  That's cool, I'm not hanging out there for the world to see.  But in lockerrooms there needs to be an age limit.  I was at the pool a while back and this guy brought in what looked to be about a 5-year-old and even that had be a bit leery.

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