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From: todd@SCIRTP.UUCP (Todd Jones)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Potty training problems for older kids
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Date: Tue, 16-Jul-85 16:02:16 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul 16 16:02:16 1985
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> Have
> you ever known anybody who didn't know how to use a washroom? (except
> for medical reasons of course)  Do you know of any kid who would stand
> the embarrassment of going to a pyjama party in diapers?
> -- 
> Sophie Quigley
> {allegra|decvax|ihnp4|linus|watmath}!utzoo!mnetor!sophie

There are a great many kids, preteens, teenagers, and even adults
who have trouble with incontinence, especially at night. For kids,
the repercussions depend heavily on parental response. For preteens,
the embarassment of incontinence and bed-wetting becomes extremely
traumatizing. These preteens (and teenagers, too) don't go to
pajama parties and don't sleep over at friends houses. When these
individuals are forced to sleep in quarters with peers (e.g. summer
camp) they are faced with ridicule and social ostracization. The
problems associated with incontinence are commonly related to
childhood anxiety.

I agree that potty-training should not be enforced and should be
passively encouraged, but one can't assume it is always a naturally
occurring phenomenon requiring no parental response (if that was
your original point, which I'm not sure it was).

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