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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
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Posted: Thu Jun 27 13:51:56 1985
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> 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...

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