Imagine this: I'm pulling into a Target parking spot about 6 spaces from the door. There is a women who appears to be changing her daughter in the trunk of her van next to my spot. That's not too strange, as I have done many a diaper change in our cars. However, as I'm getting out I notice that the mom stands the three-year-old up and pulls up her underwear. I'm now curious. As she picks up her daughter, I see the mom also pick up a blue basin and dump it under her car. Splash.
Wait, rewind. Did that woman just dump her child's pee under her car? I then notice the portable potty in the trunk of her car. I am appalled, so much so that I am actually saying continuously out loud "Oh my gosh! That is disgusting. Disgusting. Oh my gosh!" It is ironic because two days ago we saw our first portable potties in the baby care section at BabiesRUs and were baffled by them then too. I still can't envision an appropriate occasion to use such a device. Camping?
Let's examine this case. First of all, this woman is merely 20 yards away from a clean toilet, equipped with all the features of modern plumbing. So she is either the most lazy person I have ever witnessed, or she doesn't think her child can make the short walk into the store. Let's pretend that she isn't lazy and disgusting for a moment, and think about the child. This child IS NOT potty trained if she is unable to hold it in long enough to make it to the store, and my assumption is this isn't the first time, since there was a throne set up in the trunk. I'm not claiming to be Miss Perfect, but other than the glaring sanitation concerns I have with dumping urine on a well traveled parking lot, this women is teaching her daughter that it is appropriate to piss where ever her little heart desires rather than waiting for a restroom.
Lazy. Lazy. Lazy. I am of the opinion that this mother thinks that parenting is supposed to be convenient. Nothing about parenting is convenient or easy. There have been countless occasions when we've had to - gasp - stop and go to the restroom, get food, change diapers, walk, etc. to keep the kids happy. But don't you have to do that for adults too? What about gas for the car? Sure there are times when pulling over makes the trips longer, but that's the way things go. In thinking about the piss pot, I can't help but wonder if this women allows her daughter to use it in transit: kid holding on for dear life, piss sloshing every which way, mom texting and smacking gum as she speeds along... It is a sad commentary for what society has become. Are we in such a rush that we can't make time for necessities such as urinating?
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