10 year old girls refusing to get changed in front of my 7 year old boy?

[Christyt]

I'm struggling with a request via our swimming teacher from parents of 9-10 year old girls (I don't know how many) who apparently feel uncomfortable changing in front of my 7 year old boy.

I (a female, mum) have been asked not to take him into the boys changing room as there are older boys to respect their privacy. So I switched to the girls, but now apparently I'm not allowed in there.

I was offered a toilet to change him in. Which has no shower. I'm not prepared to let him go to the boys alone because the class finishes late and he would take forever to change on his own, plus not keen for child protection issues quite honestly.

Doubtless I"ll get shouted down but I really think the girls, although they might be starting to feel self conscious, can have it explained to them that a 7 year old is not interested in their bodies? If they are really worried, they could go into the loo themselves and do the naked bit there?

There - I've put it out there...

MadamDragon

OP says it's a school pool, so I doubt anyone has got the money to redesign the changing areas for a rebuild, especially to provide family changing that will only be relevant to a tiny amount of that pools use.

And as it's after school swimming classes held in a pool, I suspect that everyone else in the boys changing room is a boy.

Held in a school pool (I need more )