So we all know that a mom taking her young son into a women’s bathroom is normal and super common but how common is it for a dad to take his young daughter into the men’s restroom?

Working in restaurants I’ve seen dads either knock on the women’s door and ask if anyone’s in there and mention they have a little girl that needs to go or even ask for a woman to stand look out on the way out or even a server so they can be in there with them so no women walk in surprised to see a man and never once have I seen someone be offended they were asked to do so or asked to wait a minute while dad helps.

I’ve asked my oh to take my daughter to the mend before as the queue for the ladies was too long. He will take her to the mens which is rare but now she’s old enough to go to the women’s by herself.

My husband just takes her to the men’s and uses one of the cubicles. They’ve never had a problem.

Our son is still in nappies. My husband has had the problem that the only baby change is in the women’s.

I’d be using the disability and/or parent bathroom if this were the case. Personally, (again, PERSONALLY) I don’t think men should not be in women’s bathrooms and women should not be in men’s bathrooms. I think the problem here is that there needs to be more bathrooms for child & parents where gender isn’t a question and it’s safe/comfortable for all.

If only the option of men’s or women’s I’d 100% rather a dad bring his daughter into the women’s and announce that he’s bringing his daughter in. Men’s bathrooms are filthy and I wouldn’t want my daughter in there regardless if it was empty, she went into a cubicle etc.
But in Aus at all bigger mall type shopping centres there’s a parents room that is gender neutral and also has toilets for adults and children

My partner takes our daughter to public toilets all the time. They spend a lot of time out without me, so it's a normal thing for us. Even if we are all out, it isn't me by default. He might take her when he goes. He takes her to the men's and uses the of the cubicles. It has never been an issue. If there is one for disabled people, they would go there, as it is usually for both genders.

All the dads I know with girls take their daughters to the men's, no questions asked. He said everyone is always acting appropriately, if men are not yet to unzip they would wait until she is out of sight into the cubicle, if they are in the middle of it, they would just keep to themselves, with their backs on her.

I wouldn't have an issue with a man coming into the women's with a little girl either. Works either way. When she is old enough, she will go by herself, but so far, the only observation she has is that men pee standing up, which is true, and I don't see her harmed in any way.

I’d rather my husband take my daughter to the women’s restroom. I don’t need her walking past a bunch of men with their things out. I also would praise a dad for taking his daughter to the women’s restroom

I’d insist on my daughter being in the women’s room with my partner. And I would also be absolutely fine, and welcoming, to any dad/caregiver taking their child into the women’s room.

It is not appropriate for little girls to use the mens room where men are stood with their penises out at the urinals.

My husband actually came to me for my opinion on this recently and I told him I’d much prefer he take her to the women’s bathroom and that if he just announced he’s coming in with your daughter, women would understand. So he’ll be doing that from now on.

I think the vast majority of women would be absolutely fine and understanding of a dad bringing his daughter into the women’s and I agree with the other comments where they’ve said it’s not appropriate a young girl going into the men’s where there may already be men with their bits out using the urinals! X

I clicked wrong one meant to say dad take her to women’s.
I wouldnt feel comfortable my daughter going in the men’s because they have urinals they stand up at and she could end up seeing things I don’t want her to

I mean I would never take a little girl into a men’s bathroom what happens if she happens to see a penis at a urinal? Now your kids been exposed to a random grown man and a grown man now feels uncomfortable a little girl just saw his privates. In a women’s restroom all bathrooms are enclosed by walls so this isn’t possible (unless some morons peeing in the sink) but personally never seen or heard of that happening.

Definitely ladies toilet, agree with others I wouldn’t want my daughter walking in to the men’s and seeing a man using a urinal

I don’t see an issue with a man taking his daughter into the ladies, everyone is in a cubicle so I don’t see why it matters x

If there is a disability or family bathroom, then taking her there. If there are men/women bathrooms only, I would want him to use the women's bathroom. A very good approach is, knocking on the door and announcing that he is about to enter with his daughter in case someone is in there already. Or if he sees a woman entering/ leaving, asking her if she could check if someone else is in there. Or asking the woman if she could wait a couple of minutes at the door in case other women want to enter in the meantime and telling them that a man is in there with his daughter, so the other women are prepared and not "shocked" by seeing a man in the women's bathroom

My husband has taken our daughters into the male restroom before but he’ll peep in first to make sure it’s empty first and most family friendly places have a third gender neutral/ family/ disabled type of restroom anyways

Dad takes her into the men’s or into the parent & baby/toddler toilet or the disabled toilet

I don’t mind either I guess?? Like bathrooms have stalls if a man was in there with his young daughter I wouldn’t be weirded out or anything, I think her going into the men’s bathroom might be a little weird because they typically only have one stall so if a man is using the urinal she might catch a glance at something no one wants to see lmao. But if it’s an empty clean bathroom either works! Babies gotta go n

I’d prefer any young girl to go to the women’s restroom. Even one time when I was at a rest stop with my dad, (I was 15 at the time), I asked him to come in with me because I just got bad vibes and when we walked in there was a man standing in one of the stalls. So 100% dad take girls to women’s restroom!

My dad would take me to men’s I think

I'd look at using a disabled toilet if it was a dad with daughter

my dad would take me into the mens when i was young and it made me very uncomfortable. i don’t think i ever saw anything inappropriate but even just being in there made me feel weird. as a child i would feel much more comfortable in the women’s, and as a woman and a mom i would feel much more comfortable if a dad came into the women’s with his daughter than if he brought a young girl into the men’s. but if theres an option for a unisex/handicap/parent restroom then that would absolutely be preferred.

My fiancés taken our girl into the mens before and put covered her face so she can’t see anything but it’s absolutely gross and just uncomfortable - he tried to take her into the women’s once but he felt uncomfortable being there.

If a man came into the women’s bathroom with a little kid, boy or girl, I’d be totally fine with it. Id rather my children be in the women’s bathroom than the men’s.

I wouldn't care if a father came into the women's bathroom with a daughter, but I think my husband would just choose to bring her with him into the men's (which my dad used to do with me). Honestly I'm comfortable with it because as long as he's with her no one is going to so much as look at her the wrong way.