Men’s Bathroom

My daughter is 6.5 and my son is 4. My daughter uses the bathroom by herself now but I take my son in with me. By the time he can reach the sinks himself etc I will be sending him in. Probs be the same age around 6. Think it's crazy people would be waiting until 10 my 11 year old nephew is as tall as me! But obviously every family is different I believe in independence and what's right for mine might not be right for yours!

not a specific age just whenever he can reliably walk to an empty stall, lock it, use the bathroom, flush, unlock it, and wash his hands without any help, reminding, or redirecting. i recently came across some bathroom stalls that don’t actually lock or latch at all, just have a little “lock” that switches a marker on the outside from “vacant” to “occupied” but can still be opened while occupied just by lightly pushing on it, so i guess knowing which stalls are possibly in use just by looking at them should also be a requirement.
edit- i was actually thinking about the women’s restroom when saying this, thinking about those shitty no-lock doors in a men’s room sounds scary. i don’t think the average man would pay enough attention to the doors to not walk in on him even if he’s doing everything right. maybe once he can do all the things by himself i’ll just need to check the womens first to see what kind of stalls they are and then he can go as long as they’re normal lol

I have a story and also something to think about with this question. I went to a public coffee shop when my husband and I were driving through another city. We stopped and I went in to use the washroom. The women’s washroom was closed and traffic was told to use the men’s washroom. I went in not thinking anything. I heard someone behind me but didn’t think anything and then went into a stall to use. What I didn’t know was a man walked in behind me and proceeded to lock the public washroom behind me. I peed and I heard someone peeing beside me in the stall next to me. I walked out and went to go wash my hands and I looked and the stall door was next to me and the man hand his pants down and exposed to me. I ran out as quickly as I could unlocking the door and ran to my car and called the manager and yelled at them for closing the women’s washroom. Now just think about if a child had been in that situation…. Don’t let your kids use the men’s washroom alone.