Would you leave your 12 year old in the gift shop...

[foodrocksluver]

But you are the one assuming she cares. She may not. Nobody knows!

She's talking about her daughter! I'm pretty sure she knows!

Mom2rtk - I'm with you on this one. I'm 25 and it still makes me uncomfortable to see boys in the women's bathroom who are almost as tall as me.

 

[Planogirl]

If I see an adult man or male teen in the women's restroom, I'm calling someone. Unless he's disabled in some way, he doesn't belong there!

That aside, I see nothing wrong with leaving a 12 year old alone briefly. It depends on child of course but I would imagine that most kids that age are fine.

 

[nchulka]

In the bathroom I could care less about a boy being in there as far my own privacy goes. It doesn't make me uncomfortable for a preteen boy to be in the bathroom. The reason I don't like it is because I can't stand overprotective parents, it's my biggest pet peeve in life! Every time I see or hear overprotective parents it makes my skin crawl! I think they are ridiculous. And I have every right to find them irritating just as anyone has a right to have a personal pet peeve about anything. So when you drag your 10 year old in the ladies room I won't be uncomfortable but I will think YOU are stupid and roll my eyes!

 

[mom2rtk]

She's talking about her daughter! I'm pretty sure she knows!

Mom2rtk - I'm with you on this one. I'm 25 and it still makes me uncomfortable to see boys in the women's bathroom who are almost as tall as me.

Thank you!

I do find it comical that a stranger on an internet forum thinks they know more about this than I do. I also find it odd that another poster says the young girl should get over it, yet will not tell the insecure mom dragging her 9/10 yo boy into the women's room to get over it.

Peter Fan, are you at least female?

 

[Peter Fan]

Are you saying that she doesn't know how her teen daughter feels about changing her feminine hygiene items in a public bathroom? I know how my teen daughter feels about it.

She didnt say her teen daughter

 

[Peter Fan]

Thank you!

I do find it comical that a stranger on an internet forum thinks they know more about this than I do. I also find it odd that another poster says the young girl should get over it, yet will not tell the insecure mom dragging her 9/10 yo boy into the women's room to get over it.

Peter Fan, are you at least female?

You're the one who thinks you know all about what everybody else is feeling.

 

[Abharmagic]

No... maybe at 14 with a cell phone. FWIW my DD is very skittish and we end up having to split on rides all the time.

See if you can do child swap.

 

[Peter Fan]

Are you saying that she doesn't know how her teen daughter feels about changing her feminine hygiene items in a public bathroom? I know how my teen daughter feels about it.

What are they doing in the bathroom in front of everybody that makes them feel so uncomfortable?

 

[mom2rtk]

She didnt say her teen daughter

I'm talking about my 12 year old daughter.

You're the one who thinks you know all about what everybody else is feeling.

No, I'm talking about what my own daughter is feeling. For you to imply that I don't know what she thinks is rather odd.

 

[Planogirl]

What are they doing in the bathroom in front of everybody that makes them feel so uncomfortable?

That's irrelevant. It's not up to you or me to judge others on what makes them uncomfortable. Women's restrooms were built for WOMEN. Society allows for young boys simply because they shouldn't be left alone but beyond that it gets ridiculous.

Plus my own pet peeve is that Mom and all of the kids (and maybe Aunt Sue and Uncle Joe ) all going to the bathroom together makes the already outrageous lines even worse.

 

[TruBlu]

Just get her to stand in line with you, then let her use the "chicken exit" as you board the ride. Then she can wait for you at the end. She will only be alone for the few minutes you're on the ride & she'll get to go thru the line with you & see the theming. She might even change her mind and ride with you!

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[Peter Fan]

That's irrelevant. It's not up to you or me to judge others on what makes them uncomfortable. Women's restrooms were built for WOMEN. Society allows for young boys simply because they shouldn't be left alone but beyond that it gets ridiculous.

Plus my own pet peeve is that Mom and all of the kids (and maybe Aunt Sue and Uncle Joe ) all going to the bathroom together makes the already outrageous lines even worse.

Obvioisly it is not irrelevant

 

[DisneyCowgirl]

We're talking about a 12-year-old, right? Assuming the 12YO was in the range of normal development and I had fastpasses, I would not hesitate to leave her alone for a little while. Probably not in the gift shop though, just because I think she'd get bored and fidgety quickly. Instead, I'd get her a snack and sit her on a bench on that street headed towards RNRC and TOT, and leave her with an iphone or something that can occupy her for a little while.

 

[Melodious]

What are they doing in the bathroom in front of everybody that makes them feel so uncomfortable?

Really? We all know what women do in restroom stalls. Teens who are first using pads and tampons for their periods feel uncomfortable with an older boy in the restroom with the gap in the door.

 

[DisneyCowgirl]

And also there is a reason colleges have coed bethrooms and not high schools. There's a world of difference when you're 15 and when you're 18 at college

Colleges have coed bathrooms now? Didn't know that.

 

[DisneyCowgirl]

Really? We all know what women do in restroom stalls. Teens who are first using pads and tampons for their periods feel uncomfortable with an older boy in the restroom with the gap in the door.

Totally agree. pre-teens and teens are crazy about that gap in the door. As a 40-something, I recognize they are being unreasonably concerned, but I can still remember (barely) feeling the same way. I didn't even want other females to be able to see in.

 

[Peter Fan]

Really? We all know what women do in restroom stalls. Teens who are first using pads and tampons for their periods feel uncomfortable with an older boy in the restroom with the gap in the door.

Exactly you are in a stall. Nobody is peeking through the cracks. Get over yourself!

 

[Peter Fan]

Oh now we have college boys in the restroom!! Ha ha! This started out with a 10 yr. old

 

[mom2rtk]

Exactly you are in a stall. Nobody is peeking through the cracks. Get over yourself!

So what age/gender are your kids?

 

[Peter Fan]

So what age/gender are your kids?

Why does that matter?