One of the things that most irritate parents when they leave home, and rightly so, is that public male toilets do not have decent places to change the baby. As if they didn't change diapers.
More and more cities recognize equality in caring for the baby and join the obligation to have them. Now it will be Galicia the first autonomous community that will force the installation of baby changing tables in men's public restrooms.
In the new buildings
The measure is part of the future Demographic Impulse Law that coordinates the Ministry of Social Policy promoted by the Xunta (it is expected to be approved before the end of the term), which requires that all all new buildings and public use establishments have changing tables also accessible to parents.
In Babies and more "Didn't parents exist?", The complaint of a man asking for baby changing rooms in male bathroomsThey will be installed in spaces "for social, recreational, sports, cultural, educational, commercial, administrative, welfare, residential, health or other similar activities", and there are two specific requirements.
If the new space is publicly owned, it must have a nursing room that includes a baby changing table, while in existing spaces, reforms must be made to adapt them to the new reality.
In privately owned upcoming construction establishments, such as restaurants, shopping or sports centers and any type of residence, they will be obliged to place the changing tables accessible for both men and women.
It will no longer be worth, as is now usual practice, that they are installed in the women's bathroom. If so, they will also have to be placed in men's toilets. The alternative would be, if you have a third bathroom dedicated to people with disabilities, install it in this mixed use room.
Also parking for families
The law also contemplates that newly built spaces must be enabled in the parking lot places specially adapted and reserved for families with children under twelve old. Something that families will appreciate, as it is sometimes very difficult to park and get off and get in the car with young children.
These places will be more spacious and will be located near the access to the common areas, but cannot be done at the expense of those dedicated to disabled drivers. As with baby changers, in existing sites, the Xunta will promote the necessary reforms to adapt them to the new directives.
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