Children urinating in public

Dr.Funke

The past few weeks I've noticed a number of kids urinating in public and I think it's terrible for the parents to be letting them/telling them to do this.

Fair enough if you're down a country road miles from anywhere but all three I've seen in the last few weeks had toilets close by.

Every time I seen it they were close to a bathroom, either their own or a public one.

These where young kids but not young enough that they are only being potty trained.

I would never encourage any of my children to do this.

Has anyone else noticed this? Is this somehow acceptable now?

Lisha

The world is not your urinal people.
No tissue no tushie

tallaghtmick

They can hardly hold as much piss as and adult would you rather they piss themselves?

Dr.Funke

tallaghtmick wrote: »

They can hardly hold as much piss as and adult would you rather they piss themselves?

Two of them where literally a stone throw away from their houses. And as I said they where old enough to be potty trained.

Celticfire

Dr.Funke wrote: »

I would never encourage any of my children to do this.

Has anyone else noticed this? Is this somehow acceptable now?

If you're a male over 18 I'd bet a thousand euro that you've pissed in quite a few inappropriate places when you were full of gargle....

Dr.Funke

Celticfire wrote: »

If you're a male over 18 I'd bet a thousand euro that you've pissed in quite a few inappropriate places when you were full of gargle....

Yes I may have pissed down a lane one time or another but I think it's the wrong message to be giving kids and the fact they're doing it so open in public.

Adults do a lot of things they wouldn't encourage their kids to do.

Del2005

Dr.Funke wrote: »

Two of them where literally a stone throw away from their houses. And as I said they where old enough to be potty trained.

How do you know that they lived in the houses?

Kids being potty trained and being able to hold for a while are totally different things.

GTDolanator

Meh its wrong but shag it,ya gotta go ya gotta go

Owenw

Who cares if the odd child has to go behind a tree? Would you rather waste water flushing the toilet instead of helping the grass grow? Are you opposed to breast feeding in public places too? Maybe stay indoors in case something else offends your eyes. This country is going down the tubes.

Urine: The Ultimate Organic Fertiliser

Banjo String

Won't someone please think of the children.

antodeco

I'd say they were just taking the piss to be honest

Mr.Prodston

Tobias, ok fine Dr. Funke, what have I told you about being an analrapist? What about anustart?

Stinicker

As a child I was about 6 and in a carnival fairground and absolutely bursting for a pee, my father was talking to some woman he knew and my mother was some where nearby too. There was no toilets at all nearby and I asked my mom could I pee and she took me over to my father for him to take me somewhere to pee.

Anyway he was lost in conversation and I was so bursting that I turned into my fathers leg and pissed in on him and it ran down the leg of his trousers which he only realised after a few seconds. My mother and the woman he was talking to thought it was hillarious and it still gets talked about over twenty years later. What can I say a kids got to pee! I can just about remember it, at the same carnival my ticket was after winning 1,000litres of heating oil the same evening so it was still a good evening, at 6 I apparently asked could I have an ice-cream instead!

PizzamanIRL

No harm.

honerbright

I was in town a few weeks back in the middle of the day and seen a kid of about 10 or so with his Dad. Kid decided he needed to Pee, so opened his pants there and then and prepared to go on a closed shop door. The dad just grabbed him and yanked him away hissing, "you can't do that now, it's too busy!" As opposed to when it's not busy, it's totally cool to just let your kid Pee on a shop door?
There were toilets no more than 100 meters away. They cost 20c mind :rolleyes:

anncoates

Enjoy the sunshine and stop f*cking whinging.

rolliepoley

Dr.Funke wrote: »

The past few weeks I've noticed a number of kids urinating in public and I think it's terrible for the parents to be letting them/telling them to do this.

Fair enough if you're down a country road miles from anywhere but all three I've seen in the last few weeks had toilets close by.

Every time I seen it they were close to a bathroom, either their own or a public one.

These where young kids but not young enough that they are only being potty trained.

I would never encourage any of my children to do this.

Has anyone else noticed this? Is this somehow acceptable now?

What are ya.? a do gooder.?

Everybody gets caught short.

What the **** is the harm in a kid having a pee.?

Del2005

Dr.Funke wrote: »

The past few weeks I've noticed a number of kids urinating in public and I think it's terrible for the parents to be letting them/telling them to do this.

Fair enough if you're down a country road miles from anywhere but all three I've seen in the last few weeks had toilets close by.

Every time I seen it they were close to a bathroom, either their own or a public one.

These where young kids but not young enough that they are only being potty trained.

I would never encourage any of my children to do this.

Has anyone else noticed this? Is this somehow acceptable now?

Just on this. Why is OK for people to allow house trained animals wee on the road but not a person? It's same stuff in the end.

SusieBlue

Obviously I wouldn't condone it but sometimes, when ya gotta go, ya gotta go. Most children are unable to grasp the concept of "hold it until we get to a toilet", they have weak bladders and can panic when they are bursting to go but there's no toilet.

If there is no toilet near by and the only other option is for the child to wet him/herself (which would be humiliating) then I think its perfectly okay for a child to urinate in public.

I remember when my nephew was being potty trained, he'd give about 2 minutes warning that he needed to go before he'd end up wetting himself.

Sometimes they just can't help it.

Butterface

I don't mind kids peeing as long as it's outside.

I was sitting waiting for a train a few weeks ago and a woman and man came over and sat beside me on the bench. They then proceeded to change their baby's dirty nappy beside me in full view of a busy train station. I nearly got sick from the pungent odour and obviously walked to the furthest point from them to wait.

The charge for the toilets was only 20c like.. what the fup?!

montyrebel

imo the OP is a peado watching kids pee and all :eek: :pac:

Kichote

i once saw a little girl who started 'leaking' at a train station. The mother was beside her and completely oblivious.

Wouldnt worry me. Piss is good fertiliser anyway

hatrickpatrick

Dr.Funke wrote: »

The past few weeks I've noticed a number of kids urinating in public and I think it's terrible for the parents to be letting them/telling them to do this.

Fair enough if you're down a country road miles from anywhere but all three I've seen in the last few weeks had toilets close by.

Every time I seen it they were close to a bathroom, either their own or a public one.

These where young kids but not young enough that they are only being potty trained.

I would never encourage any of my children to do this.

Has anyone else noticed this? Is this somehow acceptable now?

Where is this?
There are no public toilets in Dublin, and in my view this appalling lack of provision should give Dublin lads carte blanche to piss against walls. Either build some public toilets or else pass a law requiring businesses to let non customers use theirs, but to have no toilets in town for people who are away from home is completely mad.

And yes I know the argument about junkies etc, but the simple fact is that people need to piss and to have the capital city of a country with absolutely nowhere for the general public to piss is ridiculous.

PucaMama

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

Where is this?
There are no public toilets in Dublin, and in my view this appalling lack of provision should give Dublin lads carte blanche to piss against walls. Either build some public toilets or else pass a law requiring businesses to let non customers use theirs, but to have no toilets in town for people who are away from home is completely mad.

And yes I know the argument about junkies etc, but the simple fact is that people need to piss and to have the capital city of a country with absolutely nowhere for the general public to piss is ridiculous.

and the ladies?:P

Kichote

No public toilets because they cost too much and it stops people going in to places and buying something just so they'll be allowed use the jax. Oh yea and scumbags, they can possibly be blamed as well

No public water fountains because that would put Mr. Ballygowan out of business.

Most cities are designed this way though. The idea is to make people spend money, not make sure they have a place to piss

GT_TDI_150

Id rather my small fella pee' against a tree or something than have to take him into a public toilet! Filthy!

hatrickpatrick

Kichote wrote: »

No public toilets because they cost too much and it stops people going in to places and buying something just so they'll be allowed use the jax. Oh yea and scumbags, they can possibly be blamed as well

No public water fountains because that would put Mr. Ballygowan out of business.

Most cities are designed this way though. The idea is to make people spend money, not make sure they have a place to piss

Which is why I support pissing in public, almost a sign of protest I suppose. I've never been in another city that didn't have the occasional public toilet.
Of course, my usual tactic is to wander into McDonald's on Grafton Street and use their jacks under the pretense that I'm "Just waitin' for a mate!" to actually get a McDonald's with

Sunhill

The lack of public toilets in our large cities contributes to inner-city decay and boarded-up shops. For the older generation, the demographic who have most disposable income today, unpredictable bladder function is a common and serious inconvenience. Solution: stick to out-of-town shopping centres because they have plenty of toilets and they are convenient, well-maintained and free.

charlemont

Kichote wrote: »

No public toilets because they cost too much and it stops people going in to places and buying something just so they'll be allowed use the jax. Oh yea and scumbags, they can possibly be blamed as well

No public water fountains because that would put Mr. Ballygowan out of business.

Most cities are designed this way though. The idea is to make people spend money, not make sure they have a place to piss

Free public toilet's equal undesirables and drugs, So its better to have people, kids included to piss on the street sure we couldn't have people using free public toilets and coming out as full blown drug addicts after a slash..;)
What would the tourists think ?

wolfpawnat

I have a 4 year old. Only trained not too long ago (after 2 years of trying he got it in less than a week, go figure :rolleyes:)

He has went to the bathroom in public less than a handful of times, only when the nearest toilet was ages away. You can't help it, kids don't have the control we have. But I have always went somewhere very discreet and I make sure to keep things clean.

I saw the worst thing in the world, it broke my heart. A young girl (I would say about 6/7) on the DART begging her mother to get off at Pearse Street, she said she was going to burst. The mother was on the phone and not paying attention. I swear, the child cried as the urine flowed down her leg. The mother made a show about her embarrassing her in public! The child begged and the bítch was so involved in a conversation regarding seeing her friend for coffee that it happened. I wanted to fling the cow onto the tracks!

Any parent that does not bat an eyelid at their child peeing in public for no good reason near toilet facilities needs to be heavily fined. I blame the "laissez-faire" or plain "don't give a sh*t" parenting for the brattish behaviour of many children these days.

josip

I can throw a stone further than many a toddler can hold it when "dey gotta go". I'd always choose to bring our lad behind a tree than have to use a filthy public/semi-public toilet. I'm surprised if anyone who has children would feel differently. As for those who don't have children taking an interest in their peeing...

Dr.Funke

wolfpawnat wrote: »

I have a 4 year old. Only trained not too long ago (after 2 years of trying he got it in less than a week, go figure :rolleyes:)

He has went to the bathroom in public less than a handful of times, only when the nearest toilet was ages away. You can't help it, kids don't have the control we have. But I have always went somewhere very discreet and I make sure to keep things clean.

I saw the worst thing in the world, it broke my heart. A young girl (I would say about 6/7) on the DART begging her mother to get off at Pearse Street, she said she was going to burst. The mother was on the phone and not paying attention. I swear, the child cried as the urine flowed down her leg. The mother made a show about her embarrassing her in public! The child begged and the bítch was so involved in a conversation regarding seeing her friend for coffee that it happened. I wanted to fling the cow onto the tracks!

Any parent that does not bat an eyelid at their child peeing in public for no good reason near toilet facilities needs to be heavily fined. I blame the "laissez-faire" or plain "don't give a sh*t" parenting for the brattish behaviour of many children these days.

Jesus that's terrible behaviour by the mother. Poor kid

I completely agree though about the parents not batting an eyelid. Some don't seem to care.

josip wrote: »

I can throw a stone further than many a toddler can hold it when "dey gotta go". I'd always choose to bring our lad behind a tree than have to use a filthy public/semi-public toilet. I'm surprised if anyone who has children would feel differently. As for those who don't have children taking an interest in their peeing...

I mentioned in my OP that on every occasion a toilet was close by, and two of the kids I seen where not at an age where they where only recently potty trained.

One time I was visiting a friend, and we were standing in her garden, overlooking the green area which is surrounded by houses and we seen a young girl going at one of the trees while her mother lay on the grass sunbathing.

I have children myself but I don't think there's anything odd about people noticing a child pissing at a tree like an animal while the mother is lying down and most likely too lazy to bring the poor child in to the toilet.

josip

Dr.Funke wrote: »

I mentioned in my OP that on every occasion a toilet was close by, and two of the kids I seen where not at an age where they where only recently potty trained.

I have children myself but I don't think there's anything odd about people noticing a child pissing at a tree like an animal while the mother is lying down and most likely too lazy to bring the poor child in to the toilet.

Sorry, I lost sight of your original post after reading through the other replies.
I think you're right if the parents are aware of what these older children are doing/need to do and don't bother to encourage them to use the nearby toilet.

I found "like an animal" a bit strong from someone who has children but maybe that's just me.

Canard

This might be an unpopular opinion, but who cares? If you're not pissing in such a way that someone's going to walk through it and soak themselves, and if you do it somewhere that people hopefully won't walk through it, then I don't really see the problem. Ideally you'd use a toilet, but it's only natural. No other animals use toilets.

I wouldn't do it for the same reason I wouldn't want someone in my own bathroom while I pee, but the fact that it's against the law to go in a public place is a bit OTT I think. It's not really harming anyone.

123 LC

Lisha wrote: »

The world is not your urinal people.
No tissue no tushie

technically we should be allowed pee wherever...we are animals like, there hasn't always been toilets. in short yes, the world is your urinal

lmaopml

I think giving a little bit of pee-way to a child is ok, whether they choose to pee on flowers or their father who is preoccupied chatting with somebody or their mother etc. who is preoccupied chatting to somebody and peeing on their pants is ok because it's a wake up call down the leg - and given directly as children often do.

After all, they are not adults, they are children. Now if it was some hairy adult who decided the need to have a pee on my car or gate or business front I think I would have a problem. Find a toilet, find a bush etc. but don't find somebodies property or a public place to flash your bodily needs, we don't need to see it.

Children are different, they have a need and if it's not met they do their best in any circumstance - hence the reason why we don't see serial piddlers as adults, it's not something that is fostered in the young -

We just see adults who like peeing in public and are too lazy or couldn't care less about who they expose themselves to because they feel the urge and never thought of using the toilet.

Give out about adults peeing in public, no problem! Give out about a child and really it doesn't quite live up to the outrage.