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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Bageshri Savyasachi

'Full-blown panic attack': why mums are avoiding parents rooms at shopping centres

"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.

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