Friend let her son pee on the Mall - is this normal?!

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Anonymous wrote:Man. People are raising their children to act like animals.

Exactly. Just so gross.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't do it unless it was a case of the line being too long and I knew if he didn't pee right then he was going to spend the day in pee soaked shorts.

You bring cloths to clean him and a clean set of clothes. People should be arrested and fined for allowing their child to go to bathroom in public.

[Anonymous]

This is not ok. The only time I think it is ok is when a kid has been potty trained less than 3 months and it is truly an emergency.

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Anonymous wrote:What would you all say if it was a preschool group and you saw a teacher allowing her student to do that?

She'd be crucified.

That's for damn sure. And she has to attend to the bathroom needs of 15-20 kids.

[Anonymous]

It's pee. Pee is sterile. Bathrooms are preferred, but I'm not sure it's that big a deal.

[Anonymous]

Maybe she knows that he will pee his pants right away if he tells her he needs to go? Is it possible that she had several incidents when he just went and it was a mess?

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, it’s ok. A 4 year old still could still hold it till last minute, so it may easily have been an emergency.

I want to doubt that that mom really felt like it was an ideal solution and preferred over using a public bathroom, I want to hope that there was a real reason for this, either a long line or a child's inability to hold for whatever line was presented.
No mother would like to subject a child to this kind of situation I want to hope. So if it was such an emergency and she used her best judgement then without knowing facts I tend towards giving her a pass. People often judge others without knowing what is happening, and some moms really struggle with some specific situation and they really are trying to do the best they can but at the end a kid can only hold that much so it is better the mall then the random foor while waiting in line right?
I will take mall. He is tinny, still. So many people are so ready to throw stones without knowing any facts or conditions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I need a gut check on this one from DCUMers. I met up with another mom friend and her kids to hang out near the Washington monument recently. When her 4-year-old son needed to use the restroom, rather than take him to stand in line at the public restrooms, she took him over to a fence surrounding the monument and let him pee right there. I was floored but she was so nonchalant about it I’m wondering if I’m the crazy one?! There were a good number of people on the Mall that day but I don’t think anyone noticed.

Please weigh in here, people! Is this a normal restroom option for my toddler? I mean, at least her kid didn’t poop!

OP, you know what really puzzles me? That you are calling that mom a "friend" and yet you are here trying to work some serious crowd against her. How in the name of Karma can you call yourself a friend and do such a thing behind that poor mother's back. I just hope that you will do some soul searching. You are trying to have your friend to be crucified on forum for something you condemn and seem like you don't even bother to know what is really going on with the mom. Some kind of friend that is for sure.

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's pee. Pee is sterile. Bathrooms are preferred, but I'm not sure it's that big a deal.

Alrighty then. Let's start all doing it.

[Anonymous]

Public urination is illegal. Plenty in college received tickets. And you know what? Some of those who went on to law school had to write it down on ttheir character and fitness portion of their bar application.

Basic respect for our shared surroundings. If you’re at home and kid “can’t make it” to the toilet, do you just let him pee anywhere?!?

If he really can’t hold it in, find a cup! Don’t pee in public places on the street. Have some dignity.

[Anonymous]

I think it is more sanitary for a child to go "in nature" ( in the woods, behind a tree, etc.) than in horrible public restrooms. So, there's that.

[Anonymous]

I think it’s ok.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not ok. I’ve seen this at the playground and it’s gross and lazy of the parent.

+ 1,000

[Anonymous]

Nope, not a big deal.