Parenting

<p>When this mother questions her parenting, she asks <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/xky5a0/aita_because_my_son_peed_on_a_tree/">Reddit:</a></p><h2>&quot;AITA because my son peed on a tree?&quot;</h2><blockquote> <p>Yesterday I took my kids &quot;hiking&quot; on a nature trail/dog walking path. I was carrying the 2yo and my four year old son was walking.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>My 4yo son told me he had to pee, so I told him to pee into the woods. I didn&#39;t tell him to actually walk into the woods out of view, because that&#39;s dangerous.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>He was peeing on a tree when a lady rounded a corner with her dog. She started yelling at me to &quot;get my kid!&quot; I told her he just needed to pee. She told me that was completely inappropriate. I pointed to her dog and made a &quot;really&quot; face. She said that&#39;s different.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>It is different, but not that much. There&#39;s no bathrooms out here. Going off the trail is dangerous, especially with the two little kids. She was really mad, so I just took my son&#39;s hand (he was done) and pulled him away, ignoring her.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> <p>She called me a horrible mother, which hurt my feelings. When nature calls... you know. Is this not normal? It&#39;s normal to me. Am I an asshole?</p> </blockquote><h2>Well, let&#39;s find out.</h2><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Far_Seat_2223/">bamf701</a> writes:</p><blockquote> <p>NTA. Peeing is completely natural. This lady needs to get over this. If she has a problem with it, she needs to just turn her head and give the child some privacy as opposed to calling everyone&rsquo;s attention to it.</p> </blockquote><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/denyjunctionfunction/">denyjunctionfunction </a>disagrees:</p><blockquote> <p>YTA. Only part I&rsquo;m actually annoyed at is that you didn&rsquo;t walk him into the woods a bit out of site of the path to do his business. Don&rsquo;t reinforce the behavior that it&rsquo;s fine for him to just whip it out anywhere and pee.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>Well, is OP TA? Is she a thoughtless mother? What do YOU think?</h2><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Mom tells toddler to pee on tree, fellow hiker says it's inappropriate, was she wrong?

When this mother questions her parenting, she asks Reddit:&quot;AITA because my son peed on a tree?&quot; Yesterday I took my kids &quot;hiking&quot; on a nature trail/dog walking path. I was carrying the 2yo and my four year old son was walking.  My 4yo son told me he had to pee, so I told him to pee into the woods. I didn&#39;t tell him to actually walk into the woods out of view, because that&#39;s dangerous.  He was peeing on a tree when a lady rounded a corner with her dog. She started yelling at me to &quot;get my kid!&quot; I told her he just needed to pee. She told me that was completely inappropriate. I pointed to her dog and made a &quot;really&quot; face. She said that&#39;s different.  It is different, but not that much. There&#39;s no bathrooms out here. Going off the trail is dangerous, especially with the two little kids. She was really mad, so I just took my son&#39;s hand (he was done) and pulled him away, ignoring her.  She called me a horrible mother, which hurt my feelings. When nature calls... you know. Is this not normal? It&#39;s normal to me. Am I an asshole? Well, let&#39;s find out.bamf701 writes: NTA. Peeing is completely natural. This lady needs to get over this. If she has a problem with it, she needs to just turn her head and give the child some privacy as opposed to calling everyone&rsquo;s attention to it. denyjunctionfunction disagrees: YTA. Only part I&rsquo;m actually annoyed at is that you didn&rsquo;t walk him into the woods a bit out of site of the path to do his business. Don&rsquo;t reinforce the behavior that it&rsquo;s fine for him to just whip it out anywhere and pee. Well, is OP TA? Is she a thoughtless mother? What do YOU think?

When this mother questions her parenting, she asks Reddit:  &quot;AITA because my son peed on a tree?&quot;   Yesterday I took my kids &quot;hiking&quot; on a nature trail/dog walking path. I was carrying the 2yo and my four year old son...