PLEASE: don't let your boys pee on the trees at the playground

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And while you're at it? Make sure the birds dont poop, or the ducks, and for sure, make sure everyone picks up their dog poop while at the park. Thanks!

Dog poop IS a bigger hazard. My dd just stepped in some at the beach the other day. We found out only after she dragged it into the car.

[Anonymous]

I don't have a problem with it as long as the parent and child are making some effort to be discreet. I'll pretend not to notice if you'll pretend you're not doing it (same goes for breastfeeding!).

[Anonymous]

My primary problem is that boys and girls are often treated different in this regard. In some cases it is an emergency. In some cases it is a convenience. If you wouldn't let a girl go there, it is a convenience and you should find another solution.

On the other hand, I have seen kids poop on the playground (though not with parental encouragement), so it can be worse.

[Anonymous]

What??!

[Anonymous]

Oh my goodness parents, the little boys have got to go, often bathrooms are not around or are disgusting, so they go outside so as not to mess their pants. Don't think I've ever heard something so silly, stuffy and controlling. New levels of how to rule the world.

[Anonymous]

DD and DS have had to pee in public before. When there aren't toilets, what are you supposed to do? Let them pee in their pants, or let them just go somewhere semi private in a public area. I don't see this as a big issue.

My DD has a medical condition that makes her unaware of her need to pee, until she really has to go. There are times when I have had to pull over on the side of the road and let her go. If she were to pee in a little potty, I would just dump it out in the street anyway, so there isn't much difference.

[Anonymous]

They out grow it as their bladder control improves. Both my son and daughter had to do #1 in public. My dd had to do #2 three times in public. Yes, we went way off trail and behind a tree and covered it up with lots of dirt.

My son does seem to get a little kick out of the peeing thing more than my daughter ever did.

[Anonymous]

Amen to the last three PP. Give me a break people. Just because a 3 y.o. pees on a tree doesn't necessarily mean that he's going to grow up to pee in your alley!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And while you're at it? Make sure the birds dont poop, or the ducks, and for sure, make sure everyone picks up their dog poop while at the park. Thanks!

You're describing animals, not humans. Does your child also sleep outdoors every night, like ducks and other birds? Does he also poop on the sidewalk, like a dog? Interesting.

Yes, kids gotta go, no question. But I think it's also important to teach children about privacy--ie, not everyone on the playground has to see them pee. Go behind a tree.

[Anonymous]

Going behind a tree is exactly what OP seems to be complaining about.

[Anonymous]

Why do people consider it okay for a little boy to pull his penis out and pee on a tree but do not consider it okay for a little girl to take a squat somewhere similar when she "needs to go"?

We have a dd and use a Pottete when a restroom is not available:

http://www.potette.com/

There is no reason why a ds could not use the same when they are too young to be able to hold it long enough to get to real toilet.

[Anonymous]

I'm more appalled by the parent who wrote that s/he'd just dump out their potty on the street. WTF??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm more appalled by the parent who wrote that s/he'd just dump out their potty on the street. WTF??

Are you going to drive around with pee sloshing around in your car?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The bathrooms are often closed. It is difficult to find somewhere private nearby that is not private property. Your husband is not the same as a small child. A tree in Turtle Park is not the same as a bush in my yard. Urine is sterile. No one does this as a first choice. I say live with it.

AGREE, AGREE. Little boys pee on trees when there is no where else to go. Wish little girls had the option.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why do people consider it okay for a little boy to pull his penis out and pee on a tree but do not consider it okay for a little girl to take a squat somewhere similar when she "needs to go"?

Well, actually, I think it's OK for a girl, too, in the same circumstances. Learning to pee in the woods is a valuable life skill, especially if you go camping. My mother taught me.