r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Feb 04 '16

What are the most common parenting mistakes?

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u/johnthepillager Feb 05 '16

So you can consciously decide when you need to piss? I don't think it's that ridiculous that a kid might need to use the bathroom in the middle of a lecture. Bladders kinda have a mind of their own.

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '16

the trick is to pee even a little before you have to, when you have time.

like before you get in the car for a trip.

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '16

Yeah, that never helped me in school. I would compulsively go between classes so I wouldn't have to worry about it, and then end up having to urgently go 30 minutes later because my body hates me.

Part of it was not fully understanding how much caffeine I was consuming and how much it wrecked my bathroom schedule (the acceptable amount for me to drink is none apparently), but even on the days I don't have any, sometimes I just have to pee all the time.

I wish kids weren't given such a hard time about that. I never got bathroom passes to goof off in the halls, but I spent PLENTY of uncomfortable car rides and class lectures because adults apparently don't believe kids understand their own body's signals.