Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site uwmacc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!mcnc!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!uwvax!uwmacc!dubois From: dubois@uwmacc.UUCP (Paul DuBois) Newsgroups: net.kids Subject: Re: Potty training Message-ID: <1248@uwmacc.UUCP> Date: Thu, 27-Jun-85 13:51:56 EDT Article-I.D.: uwmacc.1248 Posted: Thu Jun 27 13:51:56 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 30-Jun-85 03:19:35 EDT References: <2797@decwrl.UUCP> Organization: UW-Madison Primate Center Lines: 17 > Sarah Dugan writes: > > I have a 3 1/2 year old daughter who ... doesn't seem to understand that > "poopies" are dirty and stinky.... > > I can't help feeling that it's a mistake to teach that "poopies" are dirty and > stinky. That kind of social condititioning is just extra baggage; it doesn't do > any good and may do some harm. Surely you don't mean to say that they're clean and nice-smelling? One wouldn't, for instance, use them for air fresheners... -- | Paul DuBois {allegra,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!dubois --+-- | |