Thoughts on an incident in a bus line: Let's imagine, so we don't become 'old nuisances'

In the middle of a long line at the bus stop, a girl of about five was crying loudly.

It's leaking—
No, it's going to leak—!
I want to go to the bathroom—!
Waaaaah!!

She was in line with her mother, father, and younger brother, the four of them.

(Mother) It's okay.

Nooo—
It's going to leak—!
It's really going to leak—!!
I want to go to the bathroom—!!
Waaaaah, waaaaah!!

(Mother) ...Silent...

I wonder how many times this was repeated.

Although I thought that, since the parents were so relaxed despite such an urgent situation, I decided not to worry about it, assuming there must be some reason.

What I was worried about was whether an 'old nuisance' man would appear and make unnecessary meddling remarks.

Take her to the bathroom, will you!
This is what you call bathroom harassment!

Or something like that.

After waiting five minutes, the bus arrived, and the family and I boarded.

The five-year-old girl, on the crowded bus, couldn't sit down and was still complaining about needing the bathroom.

After a while, her father picked her up.

She stopped crying. She didn't scream anymore. Even though we were on the bus for a long time, she didn't have an accident.

Maybe she just wanted to go to the nearby shopping mall to play by saying she needed the bathroom. Maybe she had the experience before that saying she had to go allowed her to go back to the bathroom. Maybe the parents have heard their daughter's bathroom lies many times before.

The parents know how to handle it best. It is forbidden for outsiders to chime in. Before brandishing 'logical' arguments with heartless words, let's try to imagine various possibilities.

Mom, I'm done with you!

Or walking away and leaving a child behind like that.

Even if they leave a child lying on the floor at the supermarket throwing a tantrum, there are so many things about others that we don't know.