I don't normally use the campground showers, but today my friend and I went to the bath house to do hair highlights. While we were both in the shower, a woman with a boy who appeared to be about 12 came in.I was behind my shower curtain, but they barged in on my friend while she was drying. Startled to say the least, she heard the woman mumble that the boy needed help.As I was drying off, they both came by my stall and the boy was staring at me. I saw no sign that he couldn't bath himself. He didn't sound mentally incapable while talking to the woman, and didn't show any physical disabilities.I will not be using the campground bath houses again if there is no reasonable expectation of privacy. With my military background, I'm use to gang showers but a half grown boy is not something I want to see in the showers!Is this common? Are parents taking the opposite sex offspring into public showers now?

In our travels that would be a very unusual happening. Never happened to us.

Just because he didn't appear to have a disability, doesn't mean he did not. Also, maybe his mother saw someone, 'shady' in the men's bathroom, and didn't trust the boy to go alone. Personally, I may have been upset if I was waiting to use the shower, and you were dying your hair!

Yea, you can't assume what their problem might have been. 12 sure is older but there had to be a good reason she brought him in. I never had this happen but I am sure it startled your friend. In that short span, just because 'you didn't see it' that boy could have many problems that his parent had to deal with.

On more than one occasion I have run into over protective mothers that do not seem to want to let go. They are dragging their sons into public women's bathrooms at ages up to 12. I think, around that age, the boys start to break free and I have not seen one older than that, yet, unless there was an obvious need.

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resmas
Explorer
Aug 04, 2013
tenbear wrote:
In any case it seems reasonable for the mother to first go into the ladies bath house alone to see if it was ok to bring the boy in.

Agreed. And if she HAD to take him in there, knowing there were women undressed using the shower, I would expect her to "shield" his view somehow, or at least make an effort to. No matter what his mental state/capacity, I would not want him taking long looks at the shower area...
tenbear
Explorer
Aug 04, 2013
In any case it seems reasonable for the mother to first go into the ladies bath house alone to see if it was ok to bring the boy in.
dahkota
Explorer
Aug 04, 2013
On more than one occasion I have run into over protective mothers that do not seem to want to let go. They are dragging their sons into public women's bathrooms at ages up to 12. I think, around that age, the boys start to break free and I have not seen one older than that, yet, unless there was an obvious need.
FunnyCamper
Explorer II
Aug 04, 2013
Yea, you can't assume what their problem might have been. 12 sure is older but there had to be a good reason she brought him in. I never had this happen but I am sure it startled your friend. In that short span, just because 'you didn't see it' that boy could have many problems that his parent had to deal with.
Go_Dogs
Explorer
Aug 04, 2013
Just because he didn't appear to have a disability, doesn't mean he did not. Also, maybe his mother saw someone, 'shady' in the men's bathroom, and didn't trust the boy to go alone. Personally, I may have been upset if I was waiting to use the shower, and you were dying your hair!
Mr_Beebo
Explorer
Aug 04, 2013
Campground Host, ASAP.
Dog_Folks
Explorer
Aug 04, 2013
In our travels that would be a very unusual happening. Never happened to us.

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