All parents do the "Are you sure you don't have to go to the bathroom? Why don't you just try?" conversation with their kids before leaving the house. We KNOW that public restrooms and kids are a bad combo. Taking your child to use a public restroom is the stuff that nightmares are made of and we have to do it all too often, because when a kid's gotta go, they've gotta go.
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There's a line
Why is there always a line at the women's restroom? And it's not like anyone is going to give your kid cuts. Sigh.
What the heck are people doing in there?
Even when you get to the front of the line, it will take forever because the people in the stalls are doing quién sabe qué?
It's gonna be a tight fit
Squeezing yourself into the same stall as your child is never fun.
Your kid is going to touch EVERYTHING
You will tell your kid not to touch anything, but they will. They will touch every disgusting surface they can.
No toilet paper
Ahhhh, no toilet paper! You'll be digging through your purse for an old tissue to use.
Or you'll get "lucky"
There will be toilet paper, but it's all unrolled all over the place and there are no toilet seat protectors.
You have to be a human swing
If you don't hold your kid up, they will fall into that ginormous toilet.
Then nothing
After everything you have been put through your child will all of a sudden be unable to pee, but there is no way you will leave the bathroom until they do, so you threathen them in a quiet yet commanding voice until they pee.
When the toilet flushes, your child will scream bloody murder
Public restrooms should have silencers because the sound of the toilet is so loud it makes kids burst into tears.
Oh, and then you'll have to go
After all that waiting and dealing with your kid, you realize that you have to go too, but there is still no toilet paper or no toilet seat protectors and your kid is crying from the sound of the toilet having flushed. Double sigh. You consider holding it until you get home.
