My eldest son and his friends were doing that too. When I heard about it I insisted that he stop doing so as I thought it not right and he would get in trouble for doing it. A couple years later when taking his little 4 year old brother to swim lessons I was shocked that many moms let or sent their sons into the showers to pee. After a few weeks his female coach stopped to talk to me while my son was changing. He said to me "I gotta pee" and I told him "ok, I'll take you in just a minute." He was doing a bit of a dance and then his coach interupted her conversation and said to him, "you can go pee pee in the drain or run into the showers and go." I was really speachless, but my son ran over to the showers and peed there as we continued to talk. In the following weeks I understood that it's common for the older boys to go there and that the coaches and many moms are aware of it and have accepted it as normal. In time I found it easier to just let my little guy do it in the showers as well and eventually the subject came up again with my older sons. This time I didn't fault them for doing so.
I pee in the YMCA showers
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My eldest son and his friends were doing that too. When I heard about it I insisted that he stop doing so as I thought it not right and he would get in trouble for doing it. A couple years later when taking his little 4 year old brother to swim lessons I was shocked that many moms let or sent their sons into the showers to pee. After a few weeks his female coach stopped to talk to me while my son was changing. He said to me "I gotta pee" and I told him "ok, I'll take you in just a minute." He was doing a bit of a dance and then his coach interupted her conversation and said to him, "you can go pee pee in the drain or run into the showers and go." I was really speachless, but my son ran over to the showers and peed there as we continued to talk. In the following weeks I understood that it's common for the older boys to go there and that the coaches and many moms are aware of it and have accepted it as normal. In time I found it easier to just let my little guy do it in the showers as well and eventually the subject came up again with my older sons. This time I didn't fault them for doing so.