With my 3 kids i never used one in public like that. Actually my youngest refused to use a potty and went straight from nappies to a toilet seat.

I’ve never used a potty, so I don’t even think my children would know what I was doing. But sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.

My child wouldnt use a potty insisted on toilet usage all the way

When you have more than one child and one won’t leave the playground for their sibling to use the toilet, I have used a portable potty for this!

It’s hard when your little one declares that they need the loo when in public but at least wait until you can find somewhere private. What if it was a big poo, everyone would see it in the potty and the dad dad eould have to carry that outside whilst looking after the child, no thanks!

I don’t see the problem if you want to use one, but at least ‘try’ to be a little discrete about it

I know he was doing his best. When desperate you do these things and he was obviously prepared. My mind goes to the next stage though of hygenie and also pedophiles and definetly don’t think out in the open is the best place if you have a choice.

People should probably find a more private place to do this sort of thing.
I think it would be super uncomfortable for people around not to mention the child having to do their business in front of all these other strangers!

I never even took my potty out and about! If I did, I would definitely find a discreet place for its use. I’m wondering what was done with the potty contents after….

Yeah not the right place. Making sure kids go to the toilet before leaving home, or leaving the place you are, I get accidents happen, and the urge is not always felt, but teaching them privacy, and the right and wrong place, and helping them understand the urge…….

This was definitely the wrong place to let his child use the potty. I’d have been mortified if my husband had done this for my boys.

I think it is important to teach kids about privacy.I never done that.

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  • • mom93821 replied
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  I agree! Privacy is important and teaching privacy and awareness is essential.

Absolutely not! Children of all ages need to learn where it is appropriate to use a toilet for multiple reasons.

Definately no. Teach them right from the word go where they are suppose to go and not in front of everybody

Discretion is key. Right in front of everyone is too far. Hubby used to carry one on the back of his ute- in situations where you’re on a long road trip and you may not be near a toilet it’s necessary or if there is just no toilet around. So long as you hide behind something and don’t leave anything behind it’s fine.

Absolutely not. As many have said, going to the toilet is a private thing to do.

I’m sure that a private place could be found out of sight. It is also training your child to have morals and be discreet, etc. The two things go hand in hand in my mind

No!

Sorry but its no for me…just find quiet place and do it there

It’s a hard one because when a kid needs to go the kid needs to go. A friend of mine recently has toilet trained her daughter and we went to a local park there was no toilets and so we just brang a potty with us so she could use it when she needed.