They absolutely do not belong in there
My son was in the men’s bathroom far too long one time and I essentially had a panic attack before opening the door and checking on him. I suppose the men using the urinal could’ve thought I was a creep and that they had no privacy. I didn’t gaf. Nor did I the next few years that I brought my boys in the women’s bathroom with me. Evil people exist. I’d rather some lady changing her baby think it was weird for 2 minutes, in her own sexualized mind, than my kids having a lifetime of trauma or worse. Your baby won’t remember being changed in a public bathroom by her mother Ffs.
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It’s you. Hell - my son is now 19 - when he was school age - if he needed the toilet, he went with me into the ladies (if his dad or grandad wasn’t there to accompany him into the mens)… this was up until about 10 ish… and then I’d stand at the main door. As sad as it is - society isn’t a trustworthy place a lot of the time.
In the U.K. - woman don’t blink at boys accompany mums etc into woman’s restrooms. We would rather the child was safe. It’s also a tad weird you found it odd/uncomfortable- he is still an innocent child.
We’re they in there just to be in there or was their mom, aunt or grandma using the potty? Because as a mother of 2 boys (9 and 7) If I have to go they are coming with me. Can’t trust people anymore. They will go in the men’s if just they have to go but bet your butt I am standing in the door way, one word I’m coming in.
My son is 8 going on 9, and I’m not leaving him alone if I’m using the bathroom. And if he has to use the bathroom and it’s just me and him, he goes in the ladies room with me
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Do you remember a few years back when an 8 year old boy got beaten and raped in the mens bathroom because he went in alone while his family was eating at a restaurant? If you were so concerned, you should have waited til they were done to go in and change her. We’re not putting other people, other children, at risk, because you’re uncomfortable. Figure it out.
Did she just sexualize children that way for real? Little boys??
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It’s quite common for boys to still go into the ladies restroom at that age, it’s still very common for young boys to be touched inappropriately by grown men when going alone to toilets. They could of been looking simply because they’ve never seen a baby bum being changed before. I remeber being 12 and pepper interested in my baby brothers nappy being changed for the first time.
Just you! Made yourself look like a wack job.
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When my son’s were that age they used the ladies room because I could go in there if I needed to… I think you are making a big deal out of nothing. If you want privacy then don’t change your baby in a “Public Restroom” … it really bothers me that you implied some type of perversion on their part for looking over too… that’s exactly how people get in trouble for something they didn’t even do. Your thought process is a bit broken
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Nope I agree with you. There are men’s restrooms and women’s restrooms for a reason.
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Listen. This world is sick. I will take my son in with me and idgaf. He’s 10. I’m not leaving him out by himself in Walmart. Not doing it. If his dad is with us he will stay out with him. Your own mother instincts should tell you that.
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Yes you are wrong. I don’t have boys. I only have girls but I’ve seen moms bring there boys in the bathrooms with them plenty of times and the first thing that comes to mind is safety. My daughters have even asked why are they in there. I’ve explained to them that public restrooms can be a dangerous place for children regardless of if they are a girl or a boy. They understand and they are 5 and 8. So why can’t you? Kids are kids regardless. Our jobs as parents and adults is to protect the innocent.
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With human trafficking and child predators being a very real problem these days, their mother likely brought them in to wait for her rather than leaving them outside the bathroom alone to be potential prey for some sick fucks. Sounds like that mama was a damn good parent and you sound like a Karen who needs to get a life. I have a young boy and if I’m alone in the store , he is coming in the bathroom with me and if someone wants to say something about it (which I doubt, seeing as how I’m over 6ft tall), they can get knocked the fuck out 
This is the mindset of someone who’s only thinking inside their own bubble. Boys are targets of sexual abuse too and sending them in the mens bathroom alone is risky.
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My 6 year old goes into the restroom with me even if dad is with us most of the time. He goes into a stall by himself when he needs to go but if it’s me or his sister that need to use the restroom he will stand by the door and wait. I will NOT let my kids go into a restroom alone so they go with me regardless what anyone has to say. And for me if anyone where to say anything about my son being in the women’s restroom I would pop off, I have a mouth on me and I will NOT take shit from anyone I give zero shits.
Yeah it’s you. No way I’m letting my young sons in the men’s restroom alone. They come in the women’s & I have them face the wall but where I can see their feet, unless they have to use the bathroom then they go in the stall, come out, wash their hands & wait for me
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My boys are 9 and 6 and I do not let them go the mens bathroom alone. They will go the woman’s bathroom with me or they will go to the mens bathroom
while I will wait by the door. I will protect my babies at all costs and they are still young. The fact that you are sexualizing the whole situation is weird.
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9/10 yr Olds still get kidnapped…
Also note we don’t know if their mama had them with her in the ladies room for any reason, kids could have a disability, remember not all disabilities are visible.
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I have 2 girls, 9 and 6. They come with me in the restroom still because I don’t trust people. If they were boys, they’d be in there also
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I took all 3 of my son’s in the bathroom with me until they were around 7 or 8 I was terrified to leave them outside and someone taking them.
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Sorry but 9 ans 10 year olds can use the bathroom on their own , where they gonna go by if your standing outside the door! Jesus
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And your assuming from what their size that they are that age. My son was damn near as tall as me by the time he was 8. And your damn right I made him stand inside the lady’s room while I went to the bathroom. Kidnapping and sex trafficking is a REAL ANS SERIOUS issue in the US. I protect mine at all cost and that’s what should have been going through your mind not that you were uncomfortable. It’s sad the state of affairs these days
Really. You’re the one making it weird… I’d rather have my kid with me that kidnapped. You can’t trust people these days.
Maybe you should stop making kids out to be sickos when you’re you’re the one making it that way
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This hasn’t been happening until recently with all the bathroom stuff they’ve been doing. We’ve been fine for years then suddenly this. Idk, my oldest always would hang out outside the door to the ladies room, he had a phone, and this was 15 years ago. People seem more afraid of trafficking when it’s been going on since forever. I’m glad peoples eyes are finally open but shouldn’t be surprised when people feel uncomfortable. I think stores need to make family bathrooms like they have at gyms and such. My youngest has autism so yeah I’ll probably be taking him in stalls with me or holding it til I can go somewhere safe with him.
I let my 7 year old go in but I stand right outside.
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Your wrong. Wtf… I’m not leaving my children out side the bathroom to make any one comfortable.
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The world is insane and human trafficking is a very real thing . Those boys are safer inside that bathroom with mom. Side note: I really hate using baby stations that aren’t private inside a stall so I walk to my car and changed my babies in my car. 5 kids spanning from ages 22 to 3. Did the same thing with all of them. If you are concerned about people looking over when you’re changing your kiddo and a private stall with changing unit or no family bathroom available then the car is a great option. Alternative I’ve seen some friends use a fitting/changing room (be courteous and bag the diaper and take it with you.) If those were my boys they would 
be coming inside that bathroom. I’ve worked with children victims of trafficking. Wouldn’t wish that kind of experience on my worst enemy. So yeah, I don’t care who is uncomfortable with their presence in the bathroom. Safety first.
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But that’s for his privacy.
No I wouldn’t let my young child go to the men’s bathroom alone 
what’s wrong with y’all?!
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The age where curiosity begins. You’re not wrong to feel uncomfortable. I would be uncomfortable too, I have seen people changing diapers in a park under tree, that’s the same type of people on this thread that are calling you Karen for sexualizing this incident. I would be very uncomfortable if kids that age were hovering over and watching me change my daughter’s diaper. Speak up, tell them to move along next time that happens. Or wait for their parent to come get them, they were probably in there using restroom maybe that’s why they asked the kids to wait there.
My son is 7 and he still goes into the ladies washroom with me. It isn’t up to you to decide when a child should start going to a public toilet on their own, you aren’t their parent. Don’t make things weird.
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Our oldest boy is about to be 8 & I bring him in the womens bathroom with me.
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Boymom here and unless my husband is with us, they come into the ladies with me… We’ve discussed privacy and they know not to try peeking at anyone and to wait patiently for me
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Would you allow your husband or your daughters father to have your daughter sit outside of the mens bathroom while he used the restroom? 9/10 years old is not too old to be in the restroom with their mother as long as she is using the bathroom room… and I have heard of pedophiles targeting these young children while they use the restroom on their own… so no ma’am… you are so wrong! They need to be with their mother… even if it’s standing in the ladies restroom
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Would you let your daughter wander into the mens room alone at 9 or 10? If the answer is no, don’t expect a mother of sons to do so.
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My son is 7 and he goes into the women bathroom with me if the family bathroom is being used … and still will for a few more years… I’m not leaving him outside the bathroom while I go in… you don’t know someone’s situation…
I wouldn’t be worried about it unless they were doing something in appropriate like trying to touch or go under bathroom stalls…
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Seriously? You’ve got to be kidding. I wouldn’t let my 9 year old daughter go in the ladies room alone and you expect a mom to let her 9 year old son go in the mens room alone? Do you live under a rock? Do you know how many sickos are out there? 
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Yes, you’re wrong. School age is 4 and up. My son is going to be 7 this year and he still comes in the women’s restroom with me. You’re uncomfortable with little boys being in the restroom with you and your infant, but you expect other parents to be comfortable with their little boys being in a restroom with grown men? Just change your daughter and leave. You’re right there, so you can obviously make sure she’s safe. Anyone else in there, isn’t your business.
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I get where everyone is coming from with telling OP that they’re just little boys. But you also have to understand that not all kids are raised the same and some are exposed to a lot more than others. I hate to say it but now days you have to watch your kids around other kids too.
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If you want complete privacy. Change the kid in your car. If not, deal with my 7 year old going into the womens restroom. Cause it aint changing cause i trust no one
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Mum of 3 boys and my 2 youngest at 9 and 4 still come with me in ladies anything could happen to them
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Mall security says that molestations happen on a regular basis in the washroom on boys up to 13. My son started going alone around 10/11 but I would chat with him from the hall the whole time.
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Wow youre legit a c***…honestly get over yourself…go change your kid in your car not in a public bathroom if you feel that compelled to call out 2 little boys…not everyone has to conform to you and your kid because you had bad thoughts looking at 2 youths that werent doing anything wrong because if they were im sure your karen a$$ wouldve berated them for that…i find it creepy you were watching 2 innocent little boys like they were predators…you sound like a dumb tw*t.
Sorry but as a mom to boys, no way am i letting them go in a mens restroom alone.
Get your priorities straight.
Sorry but like…no.
Im takin my son with me.
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My 9 year old boy absolutely comes into the women’s restroom with me, especially in large cities. Theres too many people stealing kids to feel safe leaving him outside without me.
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You’re sexualizing your own baby and these children. Kids are curios. If your baby was a boy and it was girls in the restroom, I feel like your opinion would change… I wouldn’t want to leave my kids to get kidnapped. They were standing at the changing table. Not peeking in stalls
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Uhh deff you. They aren’t checking your kids shitty ass out 
and I’m damn sure not about to let my 9,7 & 2 5 year olds go in the mens room alone without me!!! Have you not seen all the crazy things happening these days. So next time you’re worrying about your kid, maybe stop and think about how scared that mom would be sending her children in the mens room ALONE and not being able To make sure they’re okay!
Look, my son’s are still teeny but if someone had the audacity to say around 9 & 10 they didn’t have a right to be close to me, and were expected to use a men’s toilet alone while they were still children, yeeeeeesh… boys are targets too. Let’s keep all children safe and not just focus on our own.
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I would not allow my son to go alone in a men’s room until at least 12 you don’t know what weirdos r lurking around even at a Walmart. Lucky for me I have older daughters who can watch him at home or while I go into bathroom.
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If they were in there by themselves, it’s weird. If they were in there with their mother, def not weird. My son is 8, and if I need to use the bathroom or he does, he’s coming with me.
It’s funny to me that so many women are bashing OP for “sexualizing” these two young boys yet y’all are probably the same ones saying that a man identifying as a woman should be invading female only safe spaces 
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If you were that uncomfortable you could have waited until they left. If for whatever reason their mom didn’t feel safe having them use the men’s room then her feelings are just as valid as yours. There was an easy solution to this and instead you pulled a Karen. Next time give them a few minutes and problem solved.
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I take my 9 year old in with me. There’s nothing weird about it. Especially with a 9 month old, seriously lol I’d rather have my kid with me than some weirdo pedophile touching or looking at him using the restroom. Sometimes it’s not about them being kidnapped versus fondled. This happened to my sister in law in a fast food place. And I’ll take your awkward uncomfortableness over him going through that ANY DAY OF THE WEEK.
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I’m guessing their mom had to use the restroom. I wouldn’t want my 9&10 year roughly out in the store alone. Also they might have looked that age but may not have. I couldn’t tell you how many times my 5 year old is mistaken for an older kid
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I agree that is wrong to have boys that age in women’s room!!
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Why not just speak up and say excuse we need a little more privacy
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I seriously doubt it’s just you. At the age of 9, kids are old enough to go in a public restroom alone, and if you’re worried about their safety, wait for them right outside the door.
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I have 5 boys. The oldest is 9. He will still go in the women’s bathroom with me when my husband isn’t with us.
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I mean, they could have stayed right outside the bathroom door. But then people would still cry about unattended kids and make a big deal out of it.
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I’m a mom of three, one girl and two boys. I will not let my boys go in the mens bathroom alone. If they are with their dad or pawpaw they can go to the mens restrooms.
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I’m a mother to 4 boys. If my husband or oldest son is not with me than the younger ones go in the bathroom with me. Safety first! Idc what anyone thinks. Pedophiles don’t just go after little girls these days.
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Because protecting women and girls doesn’t matter!
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Sorry I don’t care lol until I know my son can put up a fight long enough until I get out of the bathroom with myself or his little sister in he comes not sorry at all lol
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I sometimes take mine in with me bc im not comfortable with him in the men’s room without one of us and a bunch of men
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They’re little boys
Seriously why is your thinking so sinister 
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You should have waited! Would you seriously send your 9 year old boy alone to the restroom or make them wait outside the restroom if they didn’t need to go?!! 
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If you’re a new mom I can understand where you might have felt a little taken back, or unsure of how the life of parents can fully be.
With that said, sometimes boys will be in the bathroom with their mom.
Keep in in mind moving forward and bring an extra towel to drop over your babies bottom for extra coverage.
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It’s definitely just you. I don’t trust anyone near my kids let alone with them being alone. Their safety is more important to me than you feeling “uncomfortable” they are in there.
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When your little girl turns 9 and she is out at Walmart with her dad… grandpa… or male figure… and has to go potty… then you answer that question when they send her into the bathroom alone!!
More so with Little boys… would you not feel like shit if a man grab one and stole him… or molested him in the bathroom because he was in there alone??
Today’s world is not the same as it used to be! My girls are older… 12, 14, 17… and I will still go to the bathroom with them… depending on where we are!!
You are a mother… and shouldn’t even be asking this question!! 
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You’re kidding me right? The way people snatch kids and your complaining about that. Talk to us when you have to use the bathroom and your child is 9& 10 let us know if you leave them unattended in a store like Walmart
Cus one thing about me, my kid staying where I can see them
My Daughter is 11 and my son is 6, I feel like it depends on the maturity level of the child you send to the bathroom alone. I still bring my kids into the restroom with me, you can’t trust people these days, human trafficking is real… Hell, people try to snatch kids in buggies these days. I see nothing wrong with it, now if they’re being weird and staring, I would say something - I wouldn’t judge them, feel awkward then run to facebook about it lol, what’s that solve?!
I don’t know WHY people laugh react to this kind of stuff… they are old enough to wait outside and you should have also said to them (if u didn’t) that they need to please back up from the changing station and not stare or peek at baby.
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Never had that issue with changing my daughter and other kids in the restroom. Theres plenty of pervs out there, I’d rather know they’re safe in the restroom than outside with no adult supervision
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My son is non-verbal with autism & he’s 7. He has no stranger danger and will go with anyone. He’s also a runner. He goes with me and he will likely always. We will start using the family restroom when there’s one available soon but he’ll never be able to go alone. Do I just let him pee his pants? Get over it. If it’s that big of a deal, YOU use the family bathroom. Sometimes there’s reasons for this. And I will not feel bad about it or embarrassed.
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I’m confused we’re they with the mom in the bathroom ? It doesn’t say that?
I have a almost 9yr old and 5yr old son. One is medically needy. If we are somewhere new especially i take them with me in the women’s room and I dare anyone say anything to me about it.
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Are you serious? What is wrong with you? No! My 10 year old son uses the womens bathroom because I tell him to. Unless he is with daddy he will be using the womens restroom. If you had been complaining about my boys I’d be giving you an earful. You’re a weirdo and obviously either don’t have any sons or just don’t give a shit about what could happen to them.
I wouldn’t let my seven yr old “school aged boy,” go to the men’s restroom alone. At any store. So… I mean… Personal preference. But you can’t trust ppl now days.
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Admins approved this just to watch OP get dragged.
Good grief 
Far more important things to be concerned about lady. You’ll understand one day when your kid gets older that sometimes you need to keep them close and at all times need to keep them safe so if that means a mom taking a boy into the bathroom with her then that’s absolutely what she should do.
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Seriously? The way the world is now? You had the ability to speak up and talk to the manager maybe say hey kids can we have some privacy?
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My son is 10 and when I go in the restroom he goes with me. I do not send my children into any bathroom alone…not even my girls in the women room. If he chooses to use the mens room and I don’t have to go I go in with him…the men have no problem with it and understand exactly what I’m doing. Protecting my children is my only priority and if it makes a woman uncomfortable that’s not my problem.
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Because we live in a UNTRUSTWORTHY world!!! Keep those kiddos safe! In future cover up the baby privates and carry on
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Y’all be wanting these kids to be too grown too soon. The world is not the same as it was when we were younger. At 9 and 10 yes my mom would have sent the boys into the boys restroom. But at the end of the day it is up to the parent to decide if they feel comfortable allowing their child to be alone in a public place. Not all children regardless of their age have the same mentality. Instead of only thinking of yourself and how you felt uncomfortable, maybe question why the mother feels a need to bring her two school aged boys into the restroom with her. Perhaps they have a mental/behavioral delay. Perhaps she is just being cautious because you never know when someone can try to take off with your young one…stop being selfish.
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You think 9 any ten year olds should stay outside while mom does her business? Let them take their chances out in the world while mom simply cannot protect them?
Do you not care if other women’s children get snatched? Would you leave your children of any gender out where creeps can snatch them while you can’t have eyes on them? At least in the bathroom she can still hear them. And keep tabs on them. She’d know a lot sooner if someone tried to snatch them from the bathroom than if they were out in the world and got taken.
They probably should be schooled on bathroom etiquette, and to avert their eyes when a baby girls bits are exposed…. But. Those boys had every right to stay close to their mother or whatever female they were with that day. She had every right to keep them as close as possible so as to keep them safe. 
Next time, SPEAK UP. Say, out loud, I’m going to change my baby I’d appreciate you looking away.
You were not powerless. You had things you could have done to make you more comfortable.
So when they left, did their mom come out of a stall where they were obviously waiting for her or were they in there just standing around by themselves?
Well unless you asked their age you have no clue how old they are . Maybe the mother had to use the bathroom and wasn’t comfortable leaving them outside .
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I see your pint, but as a mum to a 10 year old boy with asd and adhd, he comes into the lady’s room with me, I can not leave him alone outside, he also won’t go in the men’s or any public toilets alone because of the hand dryers give him anxiety. So I see your point and if there is no issues then I don’t see why a boy can’t go into the men’s, but sometimes it’s not so black and white.
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It depends on the situation. My 8-year old son is autistic, and while he’s physically 8, he has the mental maturity of a 6-year old, and he struggles to do things sometimes. A lot of times, if we’re in the store and he needs the bathroom and there’s no family one available, I’ll take him into the women’s bathroom with me.
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Wow this is a touchy issue. I see both sides yes I took my son in the restroom with me not because I didn’t trust him to wait outside but, because you just don’t know these days. Yes I would have waited too to change my child too. Have you ever noticed the missing children’s poster are right by the restrooms?
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It’s just a bathroom
I agree with you, his safety is more important the woman’s feelings
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I don’t trust people. Especially in Walmart. When my kids were that age, I either used the family bathroom or I checked the men’s room and blocked it so my boys could go without anyone else in there. Those poor boys probably hated having to be in there. Mine did. Don’t make it harder on them.
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It depends on the maturity level of the child and the area that they are in. Are they in a good area or a bad area as far as crime rate. We were in a questionable area I took my eight-year-old grandson into the women’s restroom with me.
Wal-Mart bathrooms are family bathrooms haahaaa always have been they have men’s woman and family so maybe you were in a family one might want to read the signs better instead of coming on here acusing them of being little perverts.
My son is 8 and there is no way I’m sending him alone into a mens restroom.
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Get over it. My 9&7 yr old boys go in the bathroom with me. I’ll be damned if anyone gets the opportunity of snatching my children.
I have 2 sons. Age 3 and 6 this year. My oldest goes into the restroom with me still. And will until I’m comfortable letting him go into the men’s restroom where I’m not allowed to go… it would make me really uncomfortable to have them go into the men’s alone. So see how that works.
It’s a child. Now if they were making remarks about your daughter or trying to touch her then it would be an issue…
Imagine if you were a father. You’d take your daughter to the men’s restroom… So you’re just being weird
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My son is only 3, but I’m telling you right now I would 100 percent not be comfortable sending him to the mens room by himself at 9. He’s still a child. And this world is crazy so it’s a safety thing for me. So no if I have to pee, he’s coming in with me, and if you have a problem with it YOU can wait outside until we’re done. you’re the weirdo sexualizing my child.
#ISaidWhatISaid
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