So here's what I want to know... How old is too old for your child {of the opposite sex} to go into the locker room with you?
My son is only 5, and I feel that's too young for him to go into a separate locker room by himself, but it got me thinking...what age would be considered too old? I made him change in a bathroom stall and then wait by the door to the pool while my friend and her daughters changed because I didn't feel it was appropriate for him to watch them change...I also made Wyatt {3} do the same.
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I've got girls so this isn't something I have to think about a whole lot but I've had boys, I think the oldest was maybe 6, in the locker room while my girls & I are changing & honestly wasn't bothered by it. I didn't change infront of them nor did I let my girls. I guess I looked at it like if they were my boys I wouldn't let them go into a seperate changing room at that age. Maybe 7 or 8 but not 6 & under.
Question for you... Where is it that you live? We have a Kroc Center where I live & I thought it was specific to my area? Lol
Nichole, tough one huh? Being the protective mom that I am (still with my youngest being 12) :P I don't think my guys were allowed in locker rooms/men's restrooms alone until they were about 8. Maybe I am naive or ?? But up until about 9 my boys seemed oblivious to their surrounding like locker rooms, bathrooms etc. I didn't feel awkward with them in those areas until they were about 8. It's good that you had them changing in a stall, teaches a bit of modesty.
I think the more natural you act in those situations the more likely they are to pay attention to anything.
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