Guest guest Posted February 27, 2004 Report Share Posted February 27, 2004 When my son was about that age (10-12 yrs) he went through a phase where he wanted to see bathrooms...all types! When we went to someone's house he would immediately have to go to the bathroom; if we went to a public place, he would have to go there too...I began to ask him if he needed to go to the bathroom as soon as we went somewhere and eventually the behavior stopped. Looking back, I think that he just was fascinated with bathrooms and wanted to see as many as he could and hence his request to go to the bathroom whenever we left the house. Think about it: some bathrooms have stalls, some don't, some have the u-shaped seats, some don't, some have paper towels, some have unrinals, some have hand blow dryers, some have sinks and others have the communal handwash fountain, etc...By asking him if he needed to go we got it over with and he began to see there was nothing special...although I do remember once being totally embarassed because he stayed in the bathroom at Kroger (a grocery store) too long...I asked an elderly man to go in after him and before the slow door shut I heard the man say: " Your Mom's out here and she wants you to come out " when my son started yelling " WHAT IS IT? WHAT IS IT? IT'S A URINAL!! NOW SPELL IT!!!! " So my take on it is it's just a fascination thing and if he sees enough he will eventually stop fixating. Hope this helps..worth a try, at least. in TN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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