How inappropriate is this??

[Eljay]

I saw the same thing.
A woman helping her little boy pee in the bushes near the UK in Epcot, with a bathroom 10 steps away.

 

[Disneyfan1977]

i don't think it's appropriate at all, just saying we don't know all the circumstances. maybe the kid dropped trow before the dad knew - very hard for a kid to stop mid-stream. maybe the kid was going to have an accident and the dad didn't have anything to change him into or money to buy some new clothes at the gift store. maybe where they come from that is totally normal thus they didn't even think twice. myabe the dad is just a bad dad...who knows.

personally i would be more upset over a parent verbally assaulting their kid or hitting them or dragging them around by their arm. i see this all the time in public, i don't see any posts here denouncing that.

Its possible that the kid maybe ran off and began "peeing" before it could be stopped. In my household, my son just knows better. If the parent hasn't taught there son that running off to pee in public is a no-no than shame on them. I don't want my 8 year old daughter witnessing that under any circumstances! I don't think it's excusable under any circumstances. I don't think they were from anywhere that would call this acceptable.

I agree that I don't agree with verbally assaulting or pulling a child around by the arm either. However, if a parent needs to gently discipline their child and its overheard by others so be it. I see way more kids having meltdowns and being dealt with than peeing on monorail poles. I think parents have the right to deal with their children in a way that is right (not mean or physically/emotionally hurtful)....just as a parent should take their children to the bathroom instead of letting them pee in public for everyone to see.

 

[sydconmom]

GROSS!! And, my 7 year old son has never once peed anywhere but a restroom! Plus, one point I would like to make is....you never see girls doing this....they hold it til they get to a restroom or wet their pants. Why is it that for boys its like, ok you gotta go unzip and have at it?

 

[WDSearcher]

Just as a side note, it is very VERY common at the start of the WDW Marathon, for the male marathoners to go off to the trees and bushes by the starting line and pee just before the starting gun. There are dozens of porta-potties brought in, but those are almost exclusively used by the women. The male runners, for some reason, see it as part of the pre-race ritual that they must perform before they start. The first time I worked the marathon, I was amazed at the number of men taking part in this ritual! It is apparently common at major races and allowed everywhere. Granted, race start is pre-dawn and there are not guests in the area.

 

[WDSearcher]

Why is it that for boys its like, ok you gotta go unzip and have at it?

Because they can. If girls had the "equipment" to do the same ... they would.

 

[d1gitman]

...Why is it that for boys its like, ok you gotta go unzip and have at it?

because we can.

 

[d1gitman]

Its possible that the kid maybe ran off and began "peeing" before it could be stopped. In my household, my son just knows better. If the parent hasn't taught there son that running off to pee in public is a no-no than shame on them. I don't want my 8 year old daughter witnessing that under any circumstances! I don't think it's excusable under any circumstances. I don't think they were from anywhere that would call this acceptable.

I agree that I don't agree with verbally assaulting or pulling a child around by the arm either. However, if a parent needs to gently discipline their child and its overheard by others so be it. I see way more kids having meltdowns and being dealt with than peeing on monorail poles. I think parents have the right to deal with their children in a way that is right (not mean or physically/emotionally hurtful)....just as a parent should take their children to the bathroom instead of letting them pee in public for everyone to see.

i have no problem with parents disciplining their children. i am talking about verbal and physical abuse. personally, i stopped spanking in general because i found i would do it while upset at the child, not a good scenario. the rare occasions that DS gets spanked it is at home and a planned event after we have discussed what was done wrong. fact is, i can't remember when i last spanked my sons. i have found being consistent to be much more effective than being forceful.

i feel so sad for the kids getting verbally and physically abused.

 

[BillyM]

he might have been showing his feeling and did not like EPCOT!!! i do disagree with it also but we do not know everything about it

 

[jugglingbob]

maybe the kid dropped trow before the dad knew - very hard for a kid to stop mid-stream.

Not really.. and yes, I have kids..

maybe the kid was going to have an accident and the dad didn't have anything to change him into or money to buy some new clothes at the gift store.

No excuse given the proximity to the bathroom mentioned...

personally i would be more upset over a parent verbally assaulting their kid or hitting them or dragging them around by their arm. i see this all the time in public, i don't see any posts here denouncing that.

If I saw something that was abuse (ie. that a cop would agree is abuse as well) I would report them to the authorities.

Back to the subject, It is unsanitary and there are laws against public urination..

 

[rt2dz]

OK, let me just say I think it is gross and completely inappropriate. If a parent told them to do it, then that is so very wrong. However, as the mother of all boys, I see easily how it can happen.

Yes, my boys have peed outside. It’s one of the nice things about having boys. Sorry, but it is. It’s nice if you’re somewhere and there isn’t a bathroom around for 5-10 miles (literally) and they have to go NOW, they can. Not in full public view, but no wet pants. My sister had to carry around changes of clothes for her girls for a ~3 years past potty training. Her girls also had/have immature bladders; they still have little to no warning when they need to go and they are 12, 10, & 6.

Boys think differently. Why bother to take the time when it is just so much easier…? My boys have dropped their pants before I can even blink. Again, not in full public view, preferably not in view of mom—they know there will be consequences—but if they can get away with it, what a score! lol And, yes, in his defense, DS7 has said something along the lines of, “But so-and-so’s Mom never catches him! Why do you always catch me?” The joys of boys.

Who knows what extenuating circumstances were involved too. A pp posted many plausible causes. I just think an out-of-the-way, semi private spot might have been better in those circumstances. Thank goodness I’ve never seen a woman pee in the sink before! That grosses me out way more. Take heart, maybe the scariness of the father was anger at what the son was doing.

 

[donald&daisy]

I have seen this happen before at the AK and I was shocked. I just don't see any viable excuse. Better to carry around a change of clothes than for me and everyone else to spend tons of $$ to see your kid cop a squat at the happiest place on Earth. I don't buy excuses.

 

[WriteDisney]

I have seen this happen before at the AK and I was shocked. I just don't see any viable excuse. Better to carry around a change of clothes than for me and everyone else to spend tons of $$ to see your kid cop a squat at the happiest place on Earth. I don't buy excuses.

I totally agree. It's not like your out hiking or camping (not that I think thats really an excuse either), your in a public place that has restrooms for a reason.

 

[Ask"WhyNot?"]

I have seen this happen before at the AK and I was shocked. I just don't see any viable excuse. Better to carry around a change of clothes than for me and everyone else to spend tons of $$ to see your kid cop a squat at the happiest place on Earth. I don't buy excuses.

I totally agree. It's not like your out hiking or camping (not that I think thats really an excuse either), your in a public place that has restrooms for a reason.

I guess I view it differently. Better to let them pee outside than wet their pants. Either way, there is pee on the ground. Wetting pants, even after changed, also means the pee is transferred to everywhere else they touch (monorail, bus seats, etc). By wetting their pants, the child now smells, the clothes you have to carry around smell, and everyone near you gets to smell it too. Plus, the kids can get irritated skin, even if you head straight back to the hotel to clean them up. Disney transportation can take up to an hour or more. A rinse in the sink can only go so far and think of all the germs transferred there.

I don't agree with peeing in public, but I can see it. Maybe it is because I have 5 boys and between them all, there isn't much that hasn't happened.

 

[jcb]

I agree with all prior posts though, and I grew up in a family of all sons, I just can't imagine there being a time this behavior wouldn't have provoked a pretty strong response from my M&D. Still to each their own . . . and if you think this was disgusting or exceptional, you might (if your stomach can take it) look through the "Grossest Thing You've Seen at the Parks" thread. Perhaps it is small consolation that this event did not occur while the young man was waiting in line for an attraction.

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1517165

 

[momtoBrandon&Jacob]

I've seen much worse. What I can't stand is when I see a parent smoking in the car with their kids in the backseat - even as young as infants. As far as the peeing, I would never allow my kids to pee outside, but I don't think I would care either way if I saw someone else doing it - and my someone else I mean a child - not an adult. I think there's bigger problems in this world than a little boy peeing outside. What about the freaks who leave their kids in hot cars for hours resulting in death. Now that is something that is truly appalling!

 

[Mike©]

I have a question for those that say they would NEVER let thier kid do this. What would be more important to you?

A. Your child making a few people uncomfortable.
B. Your child going through the trauma of urinating him/her self in public at Disney World.

Never seems to be a word people toss around easly until they find themselves in the situation.

 

[donald&daisy]

I have a question for those that say they would NEVER let thier kid do this. What would be more important to you?

A. Your child making a few people uncomfortable.
B. Your child going through the trauma of urinating him/her self in public at Disney World.

Never seems to be a word people toss around easly until they find themselves in the situation.

Wetting your pants in not the end of the world. We have all done it. I would hope my child would know that an accident is an accident--no big deal. We'll get it cleaned up/fixed. I still think there is no viable excuse for urinating in the middle of WDW.

 

[shasess]

Thats inappropiate!!

 

[larryz]

It seems to me that what you witnessed was the creation of a minor biological hazard. I would bet that there's a page in the operations manual that tells how to deal with urinating toddlers once it's reported to a cast member.

On the lighter side, next time, take a picture. If the father gets upset, tell him that nobody on the DISboards would believe you if you just reported the event, so you're going to post the photo as proof of his incredibly crude behavior.

 

[Vjale]

There is no excuses for this. The woman said the boy was bigger than her 5 year old. We are not talking about a newly trained 2 or 3 year old, and even then I would have picked him up and ran to the nearest bathroom. And if there were an accident, so be it, deal with it. They happen. This sounds more like a lazy dad who is completely ignorant and probably does this all the time. Disney or anywhere else. Some people just have no class. Period. End of story.