Why does my 10 year old always wet herself in public!?

Her mind is on other things, and her parents don't make her go before she leaves home.

I wet my pants in elementary school and I think I may be able to relate to your daughter. I'll send you a message explaining further. But basically I am so good at concentrating on what I am doing that I forget about everything else, including my bladder.

Please let me know what u find out. I have a 10 yr. Old daughter who still wets self at school. Not all the time but often.. we have been to so many doctors & cant tell me what's wrong.. To make it worse other kids don't understand..

I have a 16 year old who had the same issue. The doctors said he suffered from incontinence, but there was not medical reason for it. We had him see a therapist until he was about 12. The therapist determined that it was something to do with his emotional state, as he was always acting out and angry. He now only has a problem at night, and then only when something major changes in his life.
Your daughter may be having trouble handling things that are going on around her. These things may not have anything to do with you or your family, or they may. It could be something like being nervous or scared at school, or it could have to do with siblings and friends. My suggestion is not to concentrate on the wetting so much as talking to her about life and find out if anything could be bothering her.

i bet it's cause she doesn't know where the toilet is in a restaurant, and maybe shy to ask, or just unsure how people go about that....like, do you go to the bathroom before eating, or after, or just whenever? maybe there's so much else going on, other people talking and such, that she doesn't want to say "HEY WHERE's the bathroom i have to PEE!"
know what i mean?
sounds silly, but i bet that's all.

Attention, most likely. Try letting her out of the basement one or two days a week.

Ok well by the time you have publicly posted such a personal question it is clear you are at your wits end....If you are in need of asking this question, I will not hesitate to tell you how and why you need to handle this now as opposed to later....
Even children can have a "small bladder" for their size...women are notorious for this problem. What you need to do is find a Uro-Gynegologist....a woman preferably, or if not, at least a dr that sees the female anatomy daily and not just a male's....Urology in and of itself is a man's medical specialty as you will note how many pictures of male anatomy are hanging on the wall...besides do you really want to take your child to a dr who gives out viagra like candy?
I think it is time for the doc to run Uro-dynamic tests, and I would also insist on a Cytoscopy, I think I have the term right, it is where they actually look in the bladder...for a doctor to say all is well with what you describe is simply ludicrous....children that age do not want to sit in a puddle unless there is a reason fo rit...after all medical tests are done, it wouldn't hurt to look into a counselor who can ask whether there is a reason this child does not want to go into a women's public bathroom. Maybe she saw something in one that has a reason to put her off from wanting to go into one....it's the same premises when a cat starts wetting on furtniture, it is always a medical or mental issue going on.....good luck to you

This is actually more common than you would think. Some girls have developed bladder/urethra differences and find it hard to know when they need to pee.

See a doctor

It could be a medical problem. Have you gone to the doctor about it? If its not a medical problem, then perhaps she just wants some extra attention. Before you get too angry at her for wetting herself, make sure it isn't anything serious by going to a professional.