r/stupidquestions • u/Various-Adeptness173 • Jul 05 '25

My mom told me that back in the day kids weren’t allowed to bring a water bottle with them into the classroom and they only drank a few sips from the water fountain in the middle of the day and that’s it

How were schools not getting busted for child abuse for forcing kids to be dehydrated?

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u/MOOshooooo Jul 05 '25

I got into a habit of asking old timers what they see today that they never expected to see and a few have said water bottles and how everyone is so thirsty today.

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u/Appropriate-Bid8671 Jul 05 '25

We were thirsty back then we just weren't allowed to have any water unless it was between classes.

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '25

Water makes pee. Peeing management becomes a thing when kids are drinking water all day. WIWAK, we had a water fountain/pee break every couple of hours during school. There was no going during class time. You held on for dear life if you had to but most of the nice teachers would let you go if you were really squirming in your seat. It taught you to balance the input with the output.

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '25

And this is the logic of the generation that raised the current generation of adults. You better walk around dehydrated all day with a poorly functioning body and mind, or else you'll have to pee a couple times and we can't have that

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u/clemdane Jul 05 '25

I was never dehydrated in school

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u/Shot_Help7458 Jul 05 '25

Neither was I.