Veronica:

Being the mother of a boy I have always found that this subject comes up over and over and over again AND again when my husband used to swim with our daughter. I don't know what the perfect answer is but at our Y we voted to do the following:
If you are bringing your child to class you must use the Girls
changing area and not the Ladies Locker Room. We opened a
family change area and belive it or not it gets little use...most moms prefer just to use the Girls Locker with their swinging from the ceiling male offspring. When my son was little we did not have a vote on this and I used to drag him into the Ladies Locker with me. I remember hearing him tell a woman one day that his mother had the exact same bra on that she was wearing!
Sad fact is I was always more afraid and I still am afraid now when my son, (now 12) goes off into the locker or mens room by himself. He is so small and fair...he would be an "ideal" pick for a weirdo. Lately I worry more about his safety than I do about my 16 year old daughters safety...weird huh?
karen