Please never let your children go to the restroom alone!

I'm writing this because of what happened to me today.  This is really short and simple and the point to this advice says it in the title.  Please don't let your child go to the bathroom on their own! 

No matter the age, unless in their late teens, I can not imagine letting my baby to go the restroom on her own.  Today while at our resturant we were waiting to use the restroom.  There was another gentleman waiting as well.  Well this guy comes out, and then closes the door.  He opens it again and then closes it.  Did this 3 times.  He finally comes out holding the key, I say we need it and he says I dont care and walks to the front with it.  When he came out you could tell that he was drunk.  He had been mubling something while opening the door, but I could not tell what.  The guy waiting with us goes and gets the key and says he is just going to be quick and he knew my girl needed to go.  Well the drunk guy comes back to go out the back door.  Well he comes back and stares at my daughter.  I tell my daughter to get off the steps in the back and to come to me.  He walks up the steps and just stares at her.  I didnt look at him and I told my girl to stay right next to me.  The look in his eyes were like that of the devil!  Feeling that he was going to do something I knocked on the kitchen door.  No one answered and then the guy started to say something and thats when I pounded on the door.  The chef asked who it was and I yelled it was me.  He opened and asked what was wrong.  I told him that the guy was drunk and starring at Kathy and I wanted him kicked out.  My SIL was there also and called for my hubby.  The chef already was telling the guy to get out and my hubby came flying thru the kitchen out the back yelling at the guy to get out.  He was yelling at him that I was his wife and his baby and he was ready to fight him to protect us.

This can happen to anyone.  I'm glad that I was with my girl, because if not, I don't know what could have happened.  Even if my girl was old, say 10, this man was big and the area is out of the way of traffic, so anything could have happened.  Even in our own resturant, there are people like this.  To be in a place that I think of as safe, fear still was able to strike me.  Only proving just how important it is to make sure we know where our children are at all times and to make sure we keep an eye on them.  With so many missing children reports, I never let my babies out of my sight, and if they are being watched, I always make sure that whom ever it is watching them they know that I want an eye on them at all times. 

We must also teach our children the importance of not talking to strangers, and if they think someone is acting funny or saying something to them.  Anything to make them uncomfortable, we must let our children know to scream for help.  No matter where they are, if at anytime they feel uncomfortable, just scream.  I think it will get a quicker response then running back to someone as the person can be blocking the only way out.  We must be vigilant in protecting our babies, too many are hurt or go missing because of not knowing what to do.  I know my daughter has learned today to stay with me at all times now.  I know she was scared with what happened and understands that the man was very dangerous and a very bad person to have in the resturant.

My advise is please heed my story and never let your children go to the restroom alone, or any public place for that matter!  But it seems so easy to let children go to the restroom on their own, even with another child, and things like this can happen. You never know who could be there or what might happen without your watchful eye.  You may not think this very important, but if my daughter had been alone today, I fear what could have happened.  And if I can enlighten one person and keep even one child safe from this hidden danger, then this article has served it's purpose.