A dad has been praised for his "respectful" approach for taking his daughter into public toilets.
Blogger Muhammed Nitoto has come up with a solution for dads who are out with their daughters and are unsure about what to do when they say they need the toilet, MirrorOnline reports.
Nitoto, who posts on Instagram under the username @chroniclesofdaddy, has taken an unorthodox approach to dealing with the problem, but one which has seen him praised by hundreds of people.
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In an Instagram post, the blogger explained that he takes his daughter into the women's toilets himself, while always making sure to be as respectful as possible to other women using the restroom.
In the post, he wrote: “As a dad being out with daughters, I never thought the bathroom would become as big as an issue as it is.
“Usually we would go places, and they have family bathroom - which are meant for people with children - but what I found was most places don't have them, and dads are left to decide between taking their daughters to the men's bathroom or the women's.
“Now I've been to a men's bathroom millions of times, but walking in with your daughter makes you look at it completely different. Men's bathrooms are disgusting. They smell like pee, and nothing is setup for a woman or a person with a child. The changing table was right next to the urinal which means my child literally would be next to where men pee which she's being changed. Not to mention that there are men going in and out while you're in there."
Instead, Muhammed takes his daughters into the women's toilets – making sure to announce his presence at all times.
He added: “I try to be as respectful to women as I can while doing so which consists of knocking on the door before entering and announcing myself. Making sure if someone is inside that they know I am a dad coming in with his daughter and making sure they are comfortable with that.
“Now once inside our stall I still am aware of the door and whenever I hear it open and someone new is coming in, I announce myself again and make sure they know I'm inside with my child so that they aren't surprised.”
The dad also praised women’s bathrooms for being “so much cleaner” than men’s, and said his decision was influenced by his desire to “protect” his daughter as much as possible.
He said: “Women's bathrooms are so much cleaner and setup perfectly just in case they have children.
“The changing station is usually inside a stall instead of just in the open and it's always clean.
“As a girl dad I can't help but want to protect my daughters from all things that aren't for them, and the men's bathroom is 100% one of those things.”
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