Men’s Bathrooms In U.S. Will Now Require Baby Changing Stations After Obama Signs Babies Act
Parenting is a tough job. Both dads and moms have their difficulties doing it. However, one of them – changing the child – is about to get a lot better. On the 7th of October, President Obama signed the Babies Act (H.R.5147). This bill requires female AND male bathrooms in public buildings to be equipped with baby changing facilities.
Congressman David N. Cicilline was the one who introduced the bill earlier this year. “Government needs to do more to ensure that public buildings are family-friendly,” he said. “No mom or dad should ever have to worry about finding a safe, sanitary place to change their baby.”
Babies Act describes “changing facilities” as “a table or other device suitable for changing the diaper of a child age 3 or under”. These facilities also have to be “physically safe, sanitary, and appropriate.”
The beauty of the bill is that it not only provides more changing stations, but makes them available for mothers and fathers.
(h/t: the huffington post)
President Obama signed the Babies Act, introduced by Congressman David Cicilline
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This bill requires baby changing facilities in both female and male bathrooms in public buildings
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“No mom or dad should ever have to worry about finding a safe, sanitary place to change their baby,” Cicilline said
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it's stupid when you need a LAW to just applying common sense
i'd like to live in such society where any business owner will think of handicapped and parents with children, just because it's humane, even if it means extra expanses
In most newer and bigger buildings in Seoul, there is a third bathroom for the disabled. Sometimes the third bathroom is labeled as "family bathroom", which includes disabled, parents (regardless of gender) with children (not only babies), and sometimes you can see also a separate additional bathroom for the disabled for both men and women, making it four kinds of bathrooms in a public place. And people here really basically don't use these "specialised" bathrooms if they're just ordinary healthy (more or less) men and women because that's the culture here. They might go "cheating", though, if they are running short with time.
To continue on my comment, it is also true, though, that still so many places in Korea only have the sign of availability for changing diapers appearing only in females' toilettes.... Change takes time...
Yeah this should've been done a long time ago. I'm not so sure about the safe and sanitary part though. It is a public restroom after all.
You've no idea how much this helps -Proud uncle filling in for dad who walked out
I agree with Kjorn but sad fact is it's true. We need that in Canada... we need that globally.
i remember a Ikea in Boucherville (South of Montréal) where they even put diapers for those who doesn't have one. it was brilliant!
Don't most men's rooms in the U.S. have baby changing stations now?
As a Father I don't like that more stores font have these changing stations in our Men's restrooms when they pay to add them to the Women's restrooms. We involved Fathers and not just sperm donor absent Men ( so called dads ) actually do take our newborns out in public alone, or while with our Family and don't demand the Wife, Mom, Etc female with us in our family. change the baby in the Women's restroom!!!!. However, a Federal law seem to be Big Govt. again overstepping!!!
I can't recall going into any public Men's restrooms that don't already have changing stations.
But they all have it. I've never been in a men's restroom that doesn't have the baby changing station
Wow, this really helps a lot! For single dads, dads that want to help out, or if the mom doesn't want to change the baby.
Or just when the baby happens to be with dad, because they're parents too....
He's a Legend <3
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in his own mind
Like most people.
asdf
Ridiculous. How has society managed to live without this for so long? Oh the horror. The sad thing is the number of people that buy into this nanny state nonsense. Wake up dolts!
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Nobody needs you Obimbo, you half Kaffer and quarter jew.
Nobody needs YOU, Jorg, you 100% troll
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Good idea but mens toilets are generally more filthy than women's
If you ever go to a bus depot washroom you'd disagree women and men can be very gross. I've seen... things....
I agree. That women toilettes are cleaner by default is a gender stereotype. Women can be dirty indeed. Even if you exclude the rude and careless ones who don't care about public hygene like they (should) care for their own home toilettes, there are women who have health issues, women who get drunk, women who don't trust sitting down on the waterchess, but are too clumsy so they end up peeing all over it and so on.... Clean or not depends not on gender, but on the overall maintenance of the whole facility.
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Are you o.k. Did you seek therapy?
I have never seen bloody pads stuck on the walls in male toilets...
not true at all
it's stupid when you need a LAW to just applying common sense
i'd like to live in such society where any business owner will think of handicapped and parents with children, just because it's humane, even if it means extra expanses
In most newer and bigger buildings in Seoul, there is a third bathroom for the disabled. Sometimes the third bathroom is labeled as "family bathroom", which includes disabled, parents (regardless of gender) with children (not only babies), and sometimes you can see also a separate additional bathroom for the disabled for both men and women, making it four kinds of bathrooms in a public place. And people here really basically don't use these "specialised" bathrooms if they're just ordinary healthy (more or less) men and women because that's the culture here. They might go "cheating", though, if they are running short with time.
To continue on my comment, it is also true, though, that still so many places in Korea only have the sign of availability for changing diapers appearing only in females' toilettes.... Change takes time...
Yeah this should've been done a long time ago. I'm not so sure about the safe and sanitary part though. It is a public restroom after all.
You've no idea how much this helps -Proud uncle filling in for dad who walked out
I agree with Kjorn but sad fact is it's true. We need that in Canada... we need that globally.
i remember a Ikea in Boucherville (South of Montréal) where they even put diapers for those who doesn't have one. it was brilliant!
Don't most men's rooms in the U.S. have baby changing stations now?
As a Father I don't like that more stores font have these changing stations in our Men's restrooms when they pay to add them to the Women's restrooms. We involved Fathers and not just sperm donor absent Men ( so called dads ) actually do take our newborns out in public alone, or while with our Family and don't demand the Wife, Mom, Etc female with us in our family. change the baby in the Women's restroom!!!!. However, a Federal law seem to be Big Govt. again overstepping!!!
I can't recall going into any public Men's restrooms that don't already have changing stations.
But they all have it. I've never been in a men's restroom that doesn't have the baby changing station
Wow, this really helps a lot! For single dads, dads that want to help out, or if the mom doesn't want to change the baby.
Or just when the baby happens to be with dad, because they're parents too....
He's a Legend <3
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
in his own mind
Like most people.
asdf
Ridiculous. How has society managed to live without this for so long? Oh the horror. The sad thing is the number of people that buy into this nanny state nonsense. Wake up dolts!
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
Nobody needs you Obimbo, you half Kaffer and quarter jew.
Nobody needs YOU, Jorg, you 100% troll
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
Good idea but mens toilets are generally more filthy than women's
If you ever go to a bus depot washroom you'd disagree women and men can be very gross. I've seen... things....
I agree. That women toilettes are cleaner by default is a gender stereotype. Women can be dirty indeed. Even if you exclude the rude and careless ones who don't care about public hygene like they (should) care for their own home toilettes, there are women who have health issues, women who get drunk, women who don't trust sitting down on the waterchess, but are too clumsy so they end up peeing all over it and so on.... Clean or not depends not on gender, but on the overall maintenance of the whole facility.
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
Are you o.k. Did you seek therapy?
I have never seen bloody pads stuck on the walls in male toilets...
not true at all