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

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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.

... and your point is?

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no

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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.

You are nuts - you can't watch your child every minute and prevent exposure to every possible risk in this world. Even within the confines of being paranoid and insane (and you are both) you need to at least narrow the risks down to those that pose an actual threat in order to be able to function in society.

Your child using a public bathroom by themselves is not one of the threats you should be expending energy on.

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If birds and squirrels pee there why not children ?

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Yuk. No.

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Yes. Very discreetly. Either right next to the car or in some trees. If it was busy then I would go in. If it was raining or snowing then I wouldn't go in.

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I don't see the big deal and would allow it, especially if it was only on the order of once a month or less.

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Totally yes. Better then in the pants and possible better then a public restroom.

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Totally yes. Better then in the pants and possible better then a public restroom.

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Yup!

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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.

You are nuts - you can't watch your child every minute and prevent exposure to every possible risk in this world. Even within the confines of being paranoid and insane (and you are both) you need to at least narrow the risks down to those that pose an actual threat in order to be able to function in society.

Your child using a public bathroom by themselves is not one of the threats you should be expending energy on.

Why are you advocating people blindly send their young children into public bathrooms alone without clearing them first? Do you molest unattended children in bathrooms?

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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.

You are nuts - you can't watch your child every minute and prevent exposure to every possible risk in this world. Even within the confines of being paranoid and insane (and you are both) you need to at least narrow the risks down to those that pose an actual threat in order to be able to function in society.

Your child using a public bathroom by themselves is not one of the threats you should be expending energy on.

My child is less than 4 years old. You better believe I can and do watch him like a hawk.