Tyler Brodsky was just trying to let his two young daughters use the restroom when he was suddenly confronted by an angry older man.
In a now-viral video shared to TikTok last 16 June, Brodsky could be seen helping his daughters wash their hands in a public restroom. As he's filming, another man appears in the background talking loudly on the phone.
"There is a man with his two little girls using the bathroom," the man yells into the phone. "He is washing his hands with his daughters right now."
One of Brodsky's daughters can be seen crying and huddling close to her father while the other man continues to berate them. "It's alright, baby," he says to her while the older man repeatedly stated that his wife was trying to use the bathroom with her mom, who he says is ill.
"Y'all make this man famous. We stopped at a QuikTrip on our road trip from Florida back to Oklahoma so my daughters could use the restroom," Brodsky wrote in his caption. "The women's restroom was empty, so I took them in. I'd rather do that than bring two little girls into a men's bathroom full of grown men and dirty stalls."
"This guy comes barging in yelling, scares my daughters, and somehow thinks THEY should've been in the men's room instead," he continued. "Am I wrong here? 🤷♂️"
Brodsky's comments were flooded with people who all felt that the other man was in the wrong. "As a girl mom, you did absolutely nothing wrong and even more kudos to you for keeping your cool, especially in front of your daughters," one person wrote. "Such a GOOD dad. Love to see it."
"You are an awesome father!!! 🥰," another commented, while a third added, "Mom of a girl here and you handled this properly 🙌🏻👏🏻👌🏻."
Brodsky posted an update to TikTok last 17 June, explaining what happened after his first video cut off. He said that the police arrived "very quickly." He said they were "very professional, very nice. Quickly deescalated the situation. One of the officers was talking to me and the man and explained that the situation wasn't as black and white as many people may think."
"They pointed out that taking two little girls into the men's restroom could be viewed just as negatively as me being in the women's restroom with my girls," he continued, adding that they were trying to understand both perspectives.












