quick poll;would you let your son pee in a library parking lot?

[Anonymous]

With the additional kids, yes. Without them, no.

[Anonymous]

I haven't read any replies, just the OP. The answer is no, because 1) that's disgusting, and 2) even with other kids in tow, I'm not too lazy to trek back into the library to the toilet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes in an emergency

Plus 1

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Anonymous wrote:I have 2 boys and keep these in the car
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They are individual bags that kids can pee into. There is a gel that absorbs the liquid and masks the smell. Then I put into a freezer size ziploc and put in trash can. I don't let my 4 and 7 year old boys pee in sketchy bathrooms like in a public park if their dad isn't around to go in with them. These bags are so convenient.

You'd rather have your kids pee in a bag then go into a public bathroom?????? What?!?!?

Here are the steps if you are truly concerned. Step 1: Send kid into public bathroom and tell him if there is anyone in there without kids with them to come back out. Ask him to call out to you to confirm all looks good. Step 2: Stand outside door until kid is finished.

For your 7 year old, you need to be teaching him how to handle any situations that might arise in a public restroom. This kid is probably using a shared restroom at school (likely with kids as old as 5th or 6th grade), so it's time.

Honest to god we are nuts with paranoia around here - will you prohibit your children from ever using a public bathroom with strangers in it?

[Anonymous]

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Honest to god we are nuts with paranoia around here - will you prohibit your children from ever using a public bathroom with strangers in it?

YES. And screw you if you don't like it. Not even going to take the remote chance of my kid encountering a pervert.

[Anonymous]

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Honest to god we are nuts with paranoia around here - will you prohibit your children from ever using a public bathroom with strangers in it?

YES. And screw you if you don't like it. Not even going to take the remote chance of my kid encountering a pervert.

Then keep your child away from male relatives, because that's where the greatest danger is.

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Anonymous wrote:Yup. My 2 year old (27 month) old son is potty trained but using public toilets with him is a PITA. I also have an infant son. My son pees on the tire pretty much everywhere we go. It's like maybe 3 ounces of pee. It hardly even makes a puddle.

So he's car-trained?

I would not judge another parent with theee small kids if I saw this. Who knows what is going on with them right now.

Hahaha, no. He doesn't ONLY pee on tires. He can use toilets, public and at home. But I always ask him if he has to pee before we get in the car and if he says yes, then I don't walk back into the store/mall/target/library. I just have him pee on the tire.

Why not ask him if he has to pee BEFORE you leave the store/mall/target/library?

[Anonymous]

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Honest to god we are nuts with paranoia around here - will you prohibit your children from ever using a public bathroom with strangers in it?

YES. And screw you if you don't like it. Not even going to take the remote chance of my kid encountering a pervert.

Then keep your child away from male relatives, because that's where the greatest danger is.

I don't care about the level of danger, (least, greatest) neither level of risk is acceptable to me. My kids will not go into bathrooms with strange men.

[Anonymous]

People are so uptight here. I think it is fine. You are also delusional if you think your boy will never pee outside. They seem to delight in it, even 40 year old boys.

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Honest to god we are nuts with paranoia around here - will you prohibit your children from ever using a public bathroom with strangers in it?

YES. And screw you if you don't like it. Not even going to take the remote chance of my kid encountering a pervert.

Then keep your child away from male relatives, because that's where the greatest danger is.

I don't care about the level of danger, (least, greatest) neither level of risk is acceptable to me. My kids will not go into bathrooms with strange men.

Lack of logical risk assessment isn't something to brag about.

[Anonymous]

Gross.. No. I'm a daycare provider and I will haul of the kids back to the library. We aren't wild animals.

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah, I probably would though in that situation I'd have him pee into one of the baby's diaper, assuming I had one. I would rather not haul everyone back out of the car and back inside. Plus my daughter has this great little habit of telling me she has to pee NOW and can't hold it.

2 of the kids were still out of the car. Only the baby was in the car.

I'm the PP from above with the just-turned-4 year old who pees in the garden/trees when we go out. And yes, he tells us this as well - we'll ask him in the library and says he definitely doesn't need to go but then after we strap in the little one he'll decide that he needs to go after all. And we know from experience that if we make him hold it then there will be an accident.

Anyone who has a problem with a toddler peeing in the bushes had better not have a dog. Dogs do NOT just pee in the bushes (regardless of what the owners think) but all over the path and where ever else too. And even if the dogs pee in the grass at the park or whatever, my toddlers then run around and fall in it. So I'm sure they can deal with seeing a little boy pee on some bushes.

I just saw that someone who regularly lets their kid pee on their tire (?!) in a parking lot and I think that's totally disgusting. The next person to park there will probably think it's spilled water from refilling a bottle. My kids are rear facing so whatever they step in ends up on the back of the seat in front of them that they then put their toys and books in. So thanks for that.

Then your child isn't really potty trained. He lacks the ability to know when he needs to go and the ability to hold it until he can eliminate in a proper place.

[Anonymous]

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Honest to god we are nuts with paranoia around here - will you prohibit your children from ever using a public bathroom with strangers in it?

YES. And screw you if you don't like it. Not even going to take the remote chance of my kid encountering a pervert.

Then keep your child away from male relatives, because that's where the greatest danger is.

I don't care about the level of danger, (least, greatest) neither level of risk is acceptable to me. My kids will not go into bathrooms with strange men.

Lack of logical risk assessment isn't something to brag about.

By your logic, a stranger in a bathroom presents a small risk of danger to my child. I am not ok with even a remote risk. It is no trouble to "clear" the bathroom and then watch the door while my child is in there. It is certainly less trouble than caring for a traumatized kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Am I in plain view and in danger of being shamed for being a bad parent? No?

Then let the pee fly.

+1. I'd do it!

[Anonymous]

I see no issues.