"Awful" experiences inside parents rooms in shopping centres are discouraging Canberra mothers who say the spaces are attracting anti-social behaviour and predatory loitering.
Josephine Phillips, a mother of two, said the rooms - usually located next to shopping centre toilets and reserved for parents and infants - were frequented by teenagers and adults without children.
"I didn't even know these rooms existed until I had small children," Ms Phillips said.