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Carrie Smith explores a situation that we all experience at some point. When the time is right, our children will use public restrooms by themselves. It’s a right of passage, and perhaps a little scary. Maybe using the potty like a big girl is an exciting adventure, but it can definitely fill any parent with dread, while there are also tools as a poop stool<\/a> which can help kids and adult with this.<\/p>\n

In her blog Way Out Parenting<\/cite><\/a><\/strong>, Carrie Smith [mother of twins Cammie and Matthew] looks at a necessity that can strike anxiety in any caregiver.<\/p>\n

She writes, “Gay fathers with a daughter and lesbians with a son face these questions sooner than heterosexual co-parents. Because you don\u2019t represent both sexes, at some point you must allow your child to venture into a world where you have no access. What is it like in there? Will your child be safe? How can you prepare him or her?”<\/p>\n

Carrie goes on to offer practical tips for using public restrooms and reminds us to keep a sense of humor about the situation.<\/p>\n

For those with daughters, she says:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Tell yourself any disease she picks up can be treated with antibiotics;
\n\u2022 Take solace in the fact that the first time she sits down in a puddle of someone else\u2019s urine, she will never again make the same mistake;
\n\u2022 Don\u2019t go anywhere until she reaches a comfortable height for squatting.<\/p>\n

Read the rest of Carrie’s blog<\/a> for more parenting insight; and learn how Hannah Montana<\/a> can teach your child about gay culture!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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