My son is 8. And I am very protective. Men are sick in the head. Your just being a protective mom I understand that. But if your daughter was a boy. And 9. Would you be comfortable with him going into the restroom you cannot enter. Where adult men go. To pee next to an adult that mY do something they shouldn’t? I do not. My son uses the women’s restroom with me unless his dad is with us
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You’re a mom right?? Would you want your 2 unsupervised boys in the men’s room alone? Chances are the mother doesn’t have a grown man or responsible child to supervise them in the men’s room. Predators are predominantly MEN. I am 100% taking my boys in the restroom with me. Don’t like it? Say something to me. It’s funny you come on the internet to say something but not to the parent in the restroom with the boys. And not even to the boys. That’s because you need something to be mad about. They did nothing wrong. In my opinion we should be protecting children. Your baby was safe with its mother but you can’t figure out why another mother isn’t letting her younger children alone in a men’s room. Smh.
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Should a father alone with his 2 9- or ten-year-old girls leave them alone while he goes to the rest room? I can’t see that being ok. But he probably wouldn’t want them in the filthy men’s room either. Honestly, I would have no problem with him coming into the ladies with them. Women are rooted in family and protecting children. If you are a new Mum and don’t have a little boy, I guess I can see why you would wonder. Hopefully we can see boys and girls as children because that is what they are, and they do all need our protection. Sometimes kids grow very quickly and appear much older than they are. I used to change them in the car. I heard that people who suffer from addiction will use the changing table as a table to use drugs. 
Mommin’ ain’t easy:heartbeat:
I would’ve told them to get out. Period. I’ve got 4 sons and as soon they learned to wipe their own butts, they were using the men’s restrooms. And for those of you saying “would you want your own two young children in the opposite restroom alone?”, an easy fix for that is that they could’ve stood just right inside the entrance while they waited for mom - IF that’s what they were doing.
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My 8 yr old son comes in with me if I’m the only one he s with.I m not gonna let him wait outside the bathroom without me. Especially at Walmart.
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Yeah it’s just you, cause as a school aged boy mom, I take my son to the ladies bathroom with me or I make him go the ladies room if he has to go, there are awful people out there and we as mothers have to take every step possible to protect our kids, just as you was making sure your daughter was safe so was that mom of the boys, and it’s pretty messed up of you to shame that mom for making sure her boys was safe while she used the bathroom
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Their mother was doing what she felt would keep them safe. There have been many accounts of children getting sexually assaulted in the bathroom while going in by themselves and being cornered by an adult. If you were uncomfortable you should have waited until they left. Mom’s need to be supportive of other moms trying to keep kids safe and have some understanding.
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My son is 9. If we’re out and I need to use the restroom, he is coming along. There is no way that I’m leaving him alone as he waits for me. If he needs to use the restroom, than I wait for him outside the men’s room. I have NEVER had any complaints about my son being in the ladies room. Most of the people I’ve encountered have been friendly and pleasant towards him. A few weeks ago, I took my daughter dress shopping. He had to tag along. He and I both waited outside of my daughter’s fitting room. She needed help zipping up and wanted a second opinion. I was not about to make her walk into the shopping area unzipped, and I will not leave my son unsupervised. Not one woman in there took issue with it.
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My 9 year old son uses the womens bathroom with me too. I don’t know who the fuck is in the mens room alone with my child. Nope. Not happening. At least not for now.
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Did you know a few years ago a 13 year old boy was kidnapped out of a Walmart bathroom. He was in there alone. I would maybe ask for privacy
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I’m assuming their female caretaker was in the bathroom. I wouldn’t leave my “school aged” child outside the bathroom either. They’re literally children, stop being a freak.
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was their Mum in the toilet? I’d not want my kids of that age being out of at least hearing distance
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This day and age you can’t trust kids to be too far from you. Kudos to the mom for making sure her kids stay close. Child trafficking isn’t exclusive to females… you never know what creeps are waiting for a kid to be alone. Stop overthinking. The kids were probably just curious, as kids are. The moment you punish a kid for curiosity is when you take away their childhood.
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My son is almost 6 and he comes in with me…unless my bf is with us then they go into the men’s obviously. My son has Apraxia and doesnt communicate the best so i keep him with me. You cant just assume that every older boy with their mom should go into the mens alone. Autism, speech disorders, and a host of other reasons are all valid for not allowing your child to be unattended.
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My boys are 11 and 9, if we are together they come into the womens’ restroom with me. No way in this day and age that I would leave them alone. In a public place, like a mall, I prefer that they go with me. At a restaurant that I am comfortable with, they will use the gents but I insist they go together and I stand right outside. I understand where you are coming from completely, but boy moms are protecting their cubs too 
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My 9 year old isn’t going into any public bathroom alone. An adult with ill intentions can easily harm a child. Waiting a few extra minutes or asking for some room to change your child would have sufficed.
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Yes, you are. You could of waited or asked them to turn around if you were that uncomfortable. Instead you chose to continue. Prob until my son is a teenager he will be required to go with me into the bathroom or I will have him use the womens restroom with me. There’s been a couple occasions where my son and nephew used the bathroom alone but I stood outside the mend room and had them go in and let me know if it was empty first then they can use it. And if someone comes up to use the restroom while they’re in it I ask them to wait.
With the stuff that happens in the world you would be stupid to leave your 9 yr old unattended in a big store. To many things could happen to your child
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Ummm it’s just you. I would not want my 9 and 10yr old going to the men’s bathroom alone. That’s how kids get kidnapped and/or abused.
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Walmart has a single family restroom. You could of took her into that one. I raised two sons on my own & you better believe my boys were in the restroom with me. Idgaf what anyone thought. They were mine to protect as a mom. Even when my oldest got to be around 12 he wanted to use the mens bathroom. I let him use the mens bathroom but you better believe this mom was standing inside the mens restroom. Idgaf what any man thought. I was protecting my boys!!!
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Mine don’t. They to embarrassed. They know to wait at for for me
I wouldn’t let my 9 and 10 year old son in the restroom alone. We would use a family restroom or my son would go into the ladies room with my daughter and I.
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Here’s a hard truth for you. Little boys that age have been sexually assaulted in mens toilets. While their mothers are waiting for them outside. As a mother of a 9 year old, he’s not going into the mens room alone. I don’t care about your comfort over his safety.
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My boys have to come with me as well. I make them stand facing the wall of the big stall while I go or directly outside my stall door. They are 8 and 9. I don’t trust anyone when it comes to my kids. Next time, try changing your daughter in the car or face her the other direction.
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Bet your ass my boys 7 and 10 are coming into the ladies room with me and I don’t give a flying fuckity fuck what a KAREN has to say about it. As a PARENT, it’s MY JOB to protect my children.
I’m not leaving my 6 year old to be alone in the males restroom by himself. Be lucky you have a girl and don’t have to worry about it. I have two boys and usually they are with me when so.
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I see nothing wrong with it. They are still young, and I don’t trust at that age to use the men’s bathroom alone
Get over yourself 
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my 10 yr old son goes into the men’s room alone. but I stand right outside and if he’s not out promptly, ive walked into my fair share of men’s rooms looking for him lol now he usually tells me like if he needs to poop so it’ll be a min 
but he told me about a year ago that he did not feel comfortable in the girls room so we worked out a plan that works for us. If I need to go, hes right outside the door if it’s one of the open bathrooms (yall know!) and if it’s not, he’ll step right inside with his baby bro and wait for me. the problem I hear in this scenario is that these boys were up in her space while she was changing her baby. nicely tell them to back up, ask where their mama is, etc. there are things you can do to difuse this instead of ranting on fb 
As a mother to boys, there’s no way I’m sending them into the male toilets alone. Only ever with their dad. If not they come with me into baby changing or female toilets. Not a chance in hell would I let them go in there alone
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is your name Karen by any chance ?
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My son is almost 8 and I always take him with me unless we’re with my husband, then he can go to the men’s with him
They totally can be in there.
This is absolutely ridiculous. You have a problem if you think these young children are being predatory in any way. Boys are often assaulted in these type of public toilets. Their mothers are allowed to keep them safe
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It bothers you that little boys might look while you change your baby but it doesn’t bother you that girls an women might look?? 
you know predators can be women right? Go in the stall an change the baby on your lap if your worried
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Are you serious? You complained to management because children were waiting for their mother in the bathroom?
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my son Is 8 and goes in with me. it is just you. you are totally in the wrong. my husband has taken my daughter into the men’s if she was younger if it was just the 2 of them out. what do you expect single moms or dads to do if they have sons or daughters
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Allowing boys into girls bathrooms is how incidents like what happened in the school in Virginia to happen.
If you had a son you’d probably have a different perspective.
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Use the family restroom next time, I wish the diaper changing area was in a different area. It’s uncomfortable to change a baby in front of anyone. And if these boys were alone in the women’s restroom without a mother then yeah that’s weird.
One of the many reason my sons will not be going to the mens bathroom alone.
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Hold up, first off were their parents in there if not they had no reason to be in there. So you need to add a little bit more to the story so the full details are there because otherwise you’re going to get some nasty comments.
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Come back when you have a little boy yourself. I still take my sons 7&8 in with me when I’m alone and will until I am comfortable with letting my little boys go into the mens room alone.
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they should only be there with an adult. We need to keep our boys safe but under afult supervision at all times
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Calm down Karen!!! I wouldn’t want my 9year old son to wait outside alone for me if I had to go the bathroom…
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Maybe their mum didn’t want them in the toilets unattended. So she brought them in the ladies so she could go to the toilet.
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My son is 6 and I’d never allow him in the men’s room alone. That’s so dangerous.
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That would creep me out to
Would you be okay with your daughter standing outside of the bathroom alone in public at only 10 (5th grade btw so still elementary age)? No? Then worry about yourself.
I have 3 boys and they come with me in the bathroom (oldest being 10) HE does not feel safe standing in public waiting for me so he comes into the ladies room and stands outside of my stall.
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How do you know they weren’t waiting for their mother? If this woman didn’t know them, then who is she to say they weren’t waiting for their mom while she was in the stall? That’s absolutely ridiculous to say when you really don’t know for sure, and if it’s just my son and I, you bet your ass he’s coming into the bathroom with me.
Sorry but no way in hell would I ever allow my boys in a men’s bathroom by themselves. Lot more boys are messed with then girls in a restroom. My boys are staying with me in bathrooms less their dad is with them.
If the mother isn’t with them then I’d be a little worried. Sounds like she was in the stall with them waiting on her.
Then again I can understand your concerns.
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Walmart isn’t gonna do crap, they don’t care. They worry more about whose stealing. If there were no parents w them they had no business in there if parent was there she should have made them stand a the stall door. I would have been a smart azz to the boys depending on my mood. I have 3 boys & 1 girl. They came w me when they were babies to 5. I allowed them to go in the men’s bathroom & my daughter the females. I was right outside they knew to scream scratch kick etc but I would have gone right in if need be. People don’t like it know what they can do. And my kids are fine adults now, college, jobs & have their on kids
if their dads not with me. they are going with me.
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Spoke to the manager? OK, Karen.
Imagine thinking your opinion is more important than the safety of a child.
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Cortney Douglas I can’t find your comment but I’m so glad you made it as I’m the same with my boys , Louie thinks I’m crazy when I say no your in the lady’s toilets not the mens ones , he’s even run into the mean toilet before and I’ve walked straight in there (warning people obvs) and got him straight back out xxx
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You are a dumb woman I will take my great grandsons to the woman bath room if u were uncomfortable with your baby being nine months old some thing is wrong with you
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I don’t have any boys but there’s no way I would let my 9 or 10 year old go to the men’s restroom. I will walk them into the ladies. If you’re uncomfortable maybe you should leave.
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I’m gonna assume they were in there with a adult. If so then yes I think it’s fine they were in there. If a younger girl age 10 was standing there and did the same thing would that also concern you? And yes my 8 year old would come into the woman’s bathroom with me if I have to go or if he has to go.
Jesus maybe you should stay home. you are obviously a fucking idiot if you are willing to come on here and pretty much call a 9 yo a sexual predator. Shame lady!! Shame on you!!!
I have two boys ages 5 and 9. I don’t let them go to the Men’s restroom unattended unless the women’s is too crowded and they have to go “now” and I stand right outside the restroom. If that is the case then I still make them go in the women’s with me if I have to go. My oldest has to go in the stall with the 5yo if they are in Men’s. I’m not taking any chances of someone inappropriately looking at them, touching them, talking to them/making them uncomfortable, abducting them or helping them reach soap/button pants (like with the 5yo).
My boys wouldn’t be in the women’s restroom without me or Men’s restroom (out of necessity) if I’m right outside. And…if I feel like they’re taking too long then I am that mom that will stand in the doorway of the Men’s with the door open and continue to talk to them. I’m not allowing them to go to the Men’s to make women like you more comfortable.
My babies are my world and I will absolutely do anything to protect them and keep them safe. I’m sorry of boys presence in the women’s restroom uncomfortable, but it’s not about you. It’s different if they’re teens.
I’ve had women like you address my boys with me standing right there next to them about their presence in the women’s restroom even when they were younger. We’re supposed to look out for each other as mama’s, not judge.
Were they unattended? Or their mere presence made you uncomfortable as they waited for their mama in the stall?
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with how the world is- I wouldn’t be comfortable letting my 10 year into the men’s bathroom alone. I’m sure they had a mom waiting for them. my little sister is 10 and I still don’t allow her in public bathrooms with me inside waiting for her.
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Jessica Thomas glad you put our kids first, every parents should for you don’t know who’s out there, unless they are w dad they stay w mom till able to defend themselves and tell others what’s going on…
With all the weirdo out there you just don’t know… I am about defending my Kids period…
I have no issue with kids being in the bathroom with their mom. And I’m a mom of girls. I would not leave my elementary age kids standing around a store, especially a busy one, by themselves!
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When child predators don’t exist, my young boys can go in the mens restroom alone. Until then, they’re in the womens restroom with me. Keep your stares and remarks to yourself, we’re all doing the best we can with what we’ve got.
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My 9 year old son is not allowed to go into the mens restroom without his dad or his brother so he uses the women’s restroom when he’s with me. Maybe you should have asked them to look away or wait until they left if it made you feel uncomfortable.
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Honestly if it’s just me then my boys are coming in the bathroom with me and will continue to do so. This day and age people are crazy and I’m not leaving my children unattended for something to happen to them.
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If I am at the store with my boys by myself they go in the women’s room with me. My children’s safety is very important to me and when I see boys in the women’s restroom I assume they are in there for that same reason.
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It’s just you. You were way out of line with your thinking so your thought is just send them alone into the mens room. Post again when you have a son and send him alone to the bathroom at Walmart and let us know how old you feel safe doing so
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You shouldn’t use those bathroom changing things anyhow, most of them have tested positive for Fentanyl… The slightest contact with a baby will kill him/her dead
School age is what, 5? 
my 7 year old son will accompany me to the restroom until he’s at least 10 but probably 13 or 14. F’n insane to think they’re safe without a parent anywhere especially in a public bathroom. Your comfort < Children’s safety!!!
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Until a child is old enough to be left alone/unsupervised, typically by law around age 11. A parent can bring their children to the restroom with them to ensure their safety. Funny as a parent that the woman who posted can’t see the value in that.
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If I was a single mom with two boys they would come with me too
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You should have call the law
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your wrong. im not sending my 8 year old into a men’s room alone
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Just cover her up … not that hard. Use a blanket and block the view … I can change diaper in a sec lol so fast 
just get it done fast and cover her
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It’s just you and kind of weird.
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reading this makes me thick
If its just me and my 7yr old hes coming in with me. Im not letting him wait outside where i cant hear him. And my son isnt allowed in the mens room alone and since im a woman and cant go in with him, he will use the womens. As a parent you should always assume this is the case.
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my son is an 11 year old special needs child. He looks 13. He still goes to the bathroom with me. And I will continue to take him with me until someone in authority tells me I can’t. What would you do if you had older boy siblings in your home? Make them leave the room every time you changed your child!?
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I think you’re doing too much. The way the world is anymore there’s no way my child 5,9,10 whatever is using a mens bathroom alone yet or just waiting outside the bathroom.
My son is coming with me. Now if we’re out and my fiancé is with then he’ll go into the mens bathroom with him. If it’s just my son and I, where I go my kid will go.
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They probably felt just as uncomfortable being in there as you were .especially if the mum told them to go with her or maybe they were with the big sister
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Q: Am I in the wrong for thinking school age boys shouldn’t be in the girls restroom?
A: Yes. You’re wrong.
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I am a single father with custody. I had to take my daughter into the men’s room to change her. There were occasionally kids of that age in there when I did it.
I typically just politely asked them to look the other way, and rarely had an issue with them complying.
They looked out of normal curiosity, but we’re likely feeling just as awkward as you were.
I can’t say if you were right or wrong without knowing the reason they were there, but I am betting they would have respected your wish had you voiced it and turned around.
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I was traveling alone with my 3 boys 12, 9, and 3 any rest stop we went to all 3 of my boys came into the ladies room with me while I went to the bathroom.
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I would say you acted out of line. I took my kids with me to the restroom until they were about 10. As they got older, I would wait for them outside the designated restroom. But I would never leave my kids unattended at any time in a public place. Those boys mom probably did the same, and that’s where they felt safe to use the bathroom. That’s sad that your suggesting those little boys are pervs because there using the restroom. 
Don’t make little kids feel bad for using the bathroom.
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I have an 11 year old autistic non-verbal son. I always bring him in with me and no one has questioned us. I wouldn’t think anything of it if I saw school aged boys in the ladies room. You can always use a family bathroom if available.
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I am not sending my son into the men’s by himself until late teens. No way in hell he bought get kidnapped at least in the woman’s I can hear him and see his shoes under the door
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My 8 yr old son is not going into the men’s room alone. Our kids are just as important as yours.
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im that mom! i bring my boys in the womens restroom with me if i have to go because of safety. they stand by the door.
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Not wrong they not old enough to go by themselves
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My nine year old son comes into the females with me so I can keep a eye out for him I’m not comfortable just sending him into the mens
Not your place to judge how old is too old for a mother to feel comfortable letting her boys go on their own.
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The manager wouldn’t be able to do anything… it’s a public toilet.
I took my 9 year old son to the ladies room with me at a aquatic center out of town & a lady in the restroom was walking out when we were walking in and she gave me the most disgusted look-a staff member was waiting for us at the door when we came out to tell me a lady (we can guess who 
) complained that there was a boy in the ladies room and the staff member told me he was no longer allowed in the ladies room. I’m sorry but I am not comfortable sending my child alone to the mens room. 
granted he does look quite a bit older than he is due to size and height so she might have misjudged but regardless-it was none of her business.
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That’s way to young to be using the mens toilets on their own.
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Was there parent/guardian in there? They left and everything was okay. Sweetie, you got a baby - when she’s 9-10 would you make her wait outside if her dad had to use bathroom? A child can disappear in a blink of an eye - in these times - you really can’t blame the parents/guardians for being protective. If they were anything like my lil’ brothers 
the store was better of being under Mom’s constant supervision-
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I understand not changing the baby’s diaper in front of strangers. Baby or not, that’s still private. However when I’m out with my kiddos I make my 11yo son go with me into the restroom. I do look for a family restroom first but if there’s not one I’ll use the handicapped restroom if it’s open and make them turn toward the wall when they take turns, plus we try to hurry to open it back up for the handicapped. The world is gross and people make me nervous so I want to keep my littles together.
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You’re in the wrong. You never know if the child has a disability or not. Also, so many kids are getting taken these days id take my kids with me too. Try being less judgy next time and maybe change your child in your vehicle or bring a blanket for the floor in a private stall if you dont want to deal with other people in public.
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Yeah you’re wrong. Too many ACTUAL creeps (not just curious children like the ones you seem to have an issue with), that they could run into going to the men’s room alone.
You could have asked them nicely to step away, or spoken to whichever parent was there with them.
They’re CHILDREN.
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I will take my sons with me into the bathroom. There are way too many sickos in this world. I don’t trust any person with my kid