Would be a great idea for the Shopping Centre to publicly come out (paper, TV etc. ) and support the father’s rights on using the room.

Clearly the abusive woman is the one with the problem.

I am shocked. It is a parents room after all it’s not called a mother’s room. She should be ashamed of herself.

Wow I can’t believe this woman’s remarks. It’s a PARENTS room not mums room. Where was he meant to take his child, into the males toilets? There’s more ‘dirty old men’ there. If she was needing to feed her child & didn’t feel comfortable doing so in front of this dad, they have little cubicles with curtains for privacy. This poor dad was just doing the right thing by his child & this woman had no right to treat this dad poorly

So I assume she changed and fed her son. What does that make her then ??? Attitudes like this infuriate me

I agree – it is a parents room for a reason – keep using it dad & all you other dads out there.

Back when my children were feeding mothers’ rooms were a fairly new innovation, but very much appreciated. Before then babies had to be changed in the toilets on the floor, or risk being abused out in public. Babies should not be placed on floors in public toilets with such a high risk of infection. When mothers’ rooms started changing into parents’ rooms it made so much sense. We mothers are expected to go back to work as soon as possible and fathers are expected to share equally in the parenting and child minding. Babies still need changing and feeding so what is a devoted loving father supposed to do? He certainly shouldn’t be abused for it! Keep being a great dad – others will always have their own ideas on how you should parent but you keep doing what you have to do!

OMG Its a parents room not the females toilet! No father should be put down like that especially as he is a hands on dad! sham on the lady.

Where did this woman expect him to change his baby? On the floor of the toilets? There are a lot of men out there who are single fathers due to one reason or another so this should be an experience that this lady has had to encounter before or if not, she will be doing this a lot in the future.

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  • • mom144300 replied
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  The mens toilets at that

My partner was a single dad and had to do everything for his little girl whoch meant even when she was out of nappies they used a parents toom toilet as he would not take her into the males and wouldn’t let her go by herself the the females.
I get so angry, sad and disgusted when I hear about dads being treated this way, as he said its a parents room, not a mothers only club, if you are looking after your child your gender doesnt matter

it is called a parent room not mums and bubs only

My hubby was hesitant when he first went into a parents room but knowing what to expect now he happily takes our daughter to the toilet and changes our son.
The rooms are there for the benefit of the child, nobody wants dad’s to feel they need to change nappies on toilet floors or benches and to be jammed in a toilet with a toddler opening the door before you can pull up your pants. These areas are for the use of the child and doesn’t matter the sex or age of the adult as long as the child is clean, dry and happy then who cares who does the dirty work.

Dads have every right to use the PARENTS room as a mother does. I would only be concerned if a male was there without a child. I hope my partner never feels that he can’t use it with my son, I’ve already stressed to him that even when our son is toilet trained to take him to the ones in the parents room rather than the male toilets. Where’s a father supposed to take his young daughter if he can’t go into a parents room? These women need to get over themselves. Keep up the good work dad!

My husband cops a lot of dirty looks, mutters etc. one woman stood and watched my husband walk out of the parents room with our son and was about to walk up to him. I saw how stormy she looked and was waiting at the end of the corridor, so started waving and what not to my son to get him to respond. She turned, looked st me and quickly scurried away. It shouldn’t have to come to that, men can’t seem to win, if they’re not involved they’re a ‘deadbeat’ and if they are then they’re a ‘pervert’? Women need to stop being so judgemental.

First we whinge that dads need to be more involved, then they get abused for it. I hoe he keeps using the PARENTS room!

He summed it up perfectly : It’s a parents room not a mums room.
He really should have given back just as much as this women gave out. My advice stand your ground with stupid minded women like this and know not all mums are like this. All the best to you and your family. 😉

He is a parent and has every right to use the parent’s room!