Have you taught your children it’s ok to pee outside if needed?

I personally think it’s gross and unnecessary. Especially on public. Maybe at home in your own yard? But in a public place it’s gross

My daughter can hold it for a few minutes. So we would just run into a gas station or something.

If they can’t hold it (or myself for that matter) we are squatting in the dirt/peeing in a bush .

I’m against this. I had two little kids pee on my patio. When I told the mom, she apologized, but she told me she has taught her kids to pee outside when they needed to use the bathroom. It can get confusing for them.

If we can't hold it, yes we can do outside. Honestly I don't see much else we can do. That's gross yes but sometimes emergency happens

yes, of course! this is a life skill haha. I have taught my 3yo how to safely pee outside and talk about when it is and isn’t appropriate. she’s still practicing not peeing on her pants when squatting lol

Were not there yet but i will, but only for emergencies only

When my daughter first started school she could often not hold it in on the walk home and would have accidents. Luckily there is a cut through behind the houses she can discreetly go. I did start taking her to the toilet in the school grounds and telling school to put her on the toilet prompting list.

I think its better than being embarrassed and uncomfortable cause they're being forced to pee their pants

We let our daughter do a wild wee if it’s because we are out on a walk, so generally we are in woods, fields, in nature so I see that as ok. But other than that we try to encourage finding a toilet.

Personally as long as its off to the side where no one is gonna see/walk the. Have at it kiddo. Sometimes its gotta be done. Id rather them use a toilet yes but if needed outside is fine.

We're an outdoorsy family so they go to the bathroom in the wild frequently. But in the general public typically not and only for true emergencies.

“If needed” is the key point because it would definitely be weird to teach them to do it when it’s unnecessary but it very often is necessary especially with little kids

If it’s private and desperate, absolutely. We had a picnic by a stream yesterday and we’re the only ones there and obviously no toilets in sight so she squatted behind a tree!

We then walked up the stream to the bigger ford and there were lots of people there and someone let their 3 year old boy pull his swim shorts down and wee into the ford where all the children were playing - that was disgusting and myself or anyone else there did not need to see her child’s privates! My daughter was like “EWW MUMMY I DONT WANT TO SEE HIS BITS!!” 😂

Yep, we spend a lot of time outdoors so it happens frequently. He knows it’s only for if there are no toilets around, so he can’t just piss in the garden. I’ll take him out of the way by some trees or bushes where no one is around, dogs pee all over the place and everyone accepts that, a little toddler pee is no different to me so I don’t think it’s disgusting😂