gym have changed age policy in changing rooms-now 6yrs is the limit for taking opposite sex child in with you

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I am shocked.I will ignore this and wait for them to say something.
Ds is 6 and quite capable of changing on his own but is too shy to go in to men's room on his own
What do you think?
It is david lloyd club where he goes for his swimming lesson

really? gosh 6 is quite young.

our club is 7 but I kept ds in with me till he was 8. He goes in happily on his own now but we have had issues with things being lost and me not being able to go in and find them
one of his friends still goes in the ladies and he is 9

the one I used to be a member of when I had money was 7 - dont think its that unusual tbh - they make a big play of being family friendly but then dont have family changing rooms grr.

I think if they actually enforce it they will lose members

Is there a family changing room you can use? Our DL has one - and although I hate the "rooms" the outside locker bit is ok.

I think that is too young. Ime most 6yo boys are not really organised enough to sort themselves out in a changing room without adult supervision. And a lot of them haven't grown the confidence.

An 8yo is a totally different matter.

Besides, I think it's silly. How many women/little girls are going to freak out if they see a 7yo little boy in the changing room?

Absolutly ridiculous. My Ds is 6 and would not manage to get himself dry and dressed unaided.

If they insist on enforcing it then they need to provide a family changing area too else I think they will lose custom.

6 is too young.

I would ask for my money back and join another club. If they've changed the conditions in the club, perfectly reasonable to ask for money back.

Who would be mad enough to be freaked out by a child in a changing room?

Oh that's far too young, if they don't provide alternative facilites for you to get them changed. I must admit that I think once they are 8 or 9 they should be changing by themselves, but 6 is far too young. Can you change him by the pool?

DL have family changing areas, dont they?

we used to be a member of DL but i left after a huge argument about fees - i found out they were just charging random fees for same size families
its a scandal
find a different gym
we now go to a local hotel which is just as good at half the price

saying that, when my dh takes dd1 (6) swimming she hates going in the mens so she goes into the ladies herself

she manages without any problems at all. if she gets stuck, she just asks a friendly lady to help. but she tells me she has never had to ask for help
she even dries her hair with the dryer herself, showers and washes her hair, no problems at all

I am going to carry on as is I haven't seen the sign as are most parents if yesterday was anything to go by.The place was full of wee boys.
No there is no family changing room.They do suggest that one section on the changing room be used for families ie.children which most people stick to so I don't see the problem.
As I said if they enforce it I will go elsewhere.

I think I would continue to take my child in with me. If a member of staff challenged it, I would ask for their name and ask if they would personally guarantee my child's safety and happiness. If they continued to enforce, I would change clubs.

I would also perhaps point out that under the government's Every Child Matters initiative, every child has a right to be safe.
Just out of curiousity, what age do they (the gym) allow children to do unsupervised activities/swimmimg?

Surely they would not expect them to be unsupervised in the change room, but then NOT allow them to do anything else on their own.

Our DL club told us about this change as well. I raised it with the manager and he said they would not enforce it as he also felt it was too young.
As a note their other policy is that under 13yrs old the children must be under adult supervision at all times . Impossible if they are in a different changing room.
I think most DL's have family changing, so you can all change together, but ours does not have this.
Also this prevents my DH from taking DD swimming as she cannot even open the door out to the pool, and could scald herself in the shower. Duty of care is a phrase that comes to mind.
God that was long

only gym in our town except local rec which I may be going back to

flossie -you don't live in same town do you?

Not sure ,we're near Lincoln

ah no we are down south