Do you let your kids wee in the garden...?

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If your children are playing out in the garden and need a wee.... do you let them wee in the garden or insist they go indoors to the toilet?

Lots of Hyacinth Bucket comments here. There is a huge difference between pissing in a doorway in town and doing it on a compost heap in the garden and most children should be able to differentiate from a young age.

It’s a great fertiliser and as long as it’s not being done in sight of neighbours or right by the back door then it’s a good thing to encourage kids to do.

I've never found small dc pee smells really so I guess for that age in a largish garden it's fine?
It is natural after all.
In a small tiny garden fenced in by neighbours maybe not all the time.
My garden could accommodate this, indeed sometimes they have too if our oneloo is occupied.

Why ever not?!

My LB is 3, and fully potty trained, we only let him do outside wees if he's been playing in the paddling pool and is soaking wet, otherwise he uses the toilet.

Wild Wees while hiking - yes.
Lazy Wees in garden - no way.

Toilet.

God mine were monsters for this. There was something about it they just used to find so exciting, and the more I reprimanded the more they would do it. Stopped at about 10...

When they were younger, yes. If they are desperate, yes (they're 4 and 5,). We're also very outdoorsy so al fresco wees are a regular occurance here.

@Hallyup6 back off, ok? It's clear I find my husband letting him wee in the garden abhorrent so please don't lecture me on teaching my children manners. The problem is that I am undermined by my husband, in front of my child.

We have one toilet.If me or dh are on it for a poo and ds really can't wait then he's allowed to wee in the outside drain.Only as an emergency though!

No. They need to go indoors. It is not a habit they need to learn.

A toddler getting caught short whilst out and about? Sure. But not a primary aged child.

we allowed only if there was water play or totally desperate for a wee after a long car trip and no where near a bathroom.

Invest in a citrus /lemon tree - boys wee is incredible fertiliser- you will magically get a bumper crop @ no foxes 🦊

No, it's feral! I have friends who let their children do that and I'm horrified. It's such basics I can't believe people think it's acceptable

But why is it abhorrent OP? It’s natural and good for the garden. Why do you get the ick factor? Don’t know what your garden is like but ours has plenty of places which are private. My kids have never peed anywhere inappropriately as they have been taught from a young age - it’s not difficult. I don’t do it as my knees aren’t up to wild peeing but for young boys it’s a absolutely fine. Have you never been to a wedding or event that has a straw bale set up for guys to pee on?

Toilet!

@Snookie00 erm, no I have NEVER been to a wedding with a straw bale instead of a toilet! Perhaps you live in the country and that's normal for you but I would say it's absolutely not normal in urban areas. I find it abhorrent a) because our garden, whilst a good size, is not private and there's no attempt made to disguise what my son is doing; b) we have 3 toilets indoors so no need for him to go outside; c) i think it just doesn't reflect well on us as parents.

I have zero issue with doing wees outside if there's no other option. We are fond of wild camping and so I've done many a wee outdoors over the years... but only when there hasn't been a viable alternative. I think it's lazy and completely unnecessary when there's a toilet just 30 seconds away.

What kind of wedding has a straw bale to pee on?!

@MissCruellaDeVil

What kind of wedding has a straw bale to pee on?!

I know, such a wierd post!!

We let our little boy (3) wee in our own back garden, fully fenced private yard. I don’t see the big deal, he loves doing a Bush wee.

He knows that he has to wee inside on a toilet in the vast majority of instances.

Would let him wee outside if we were driving somewhere and he was desperate because he is still getting used to not having a nappy and I would rather him pee on a tree than wet his pants.

So many uptight suburbanites on this thread who have an incredibly narrow sphere of reference. Just because you haven’t ever heard of a straw bale toilet doesn’t mean it’s disgusting or abhorrent. Some of the weddings/ events I’ve been to with them have been fabulous and incredibly posh events.

@Snookie00 cool story bro

You sound very closed minded but if it is a perfectly acceptable thing to do. Pee Bales are often used at festivals, weddings, events etc outside of cities and suburbia. Believe me or not but some of the richest, poshest people I know use them at parties etc. Perhaps if you live in a Barrett home in suburbia it’s not usual but it doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen.

www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/gardening-blog/2009/nov/13/composting-urine

Another link to blow your provincial mind.

www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/artanddesign/architecture-design-blog/2013/apr/26/uritonnoir-straw-bale-urinal-festivals

No I'd expect them to come in unless it was a choice between wee in the bushes or wet yourself. It smells, although I guess might deter animals...

No. It’s gross and uncivilized.

Tbh I also wouldn’t be too impressed if another child did this in my garden and I think they would not be welcome again to play at my home!