Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site topaz.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!cbdkc1!desoto!packard!topaz!mcburnet From: mcburnet@topaz.ARPA (Roe McBurnett mcburnet@topaz.uucp) Newsgroups: net.kids Subject: Re: Potty training Message-ID: <2415@topaz.ARPA> Date: Thu, 27-Jun-85 14:37:38 EDT Article-I.D.: topaz.2415 Posted: Thu Jun 27 14:37:38 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 28-Jun-85 02:26:04 EDT References: <2797@decwrl.UUCP> <690@ihlpg.UUCP> Reply-To: mcburnet@topaz.UUCP (Mcburnet) Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 32 In article <690@ihlpg.UUCP> sed408@ihlpg.UUCP (s. dugan) writes: >> 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. >> ---Pete >> >Come on now! For heaven's sake. I'm not making a social statement. I just >want my daughter to realize that if she doesn't wipe properly she will 1) >smell funny 2) be uncomfortable and 3) probably make herself sick by creating >a yeast infection...I think I'll run >the risk of "socially conditioning" my daughter. >Sarah E. Dugan In "No More Diapers" and other books on the subject of toilet learning, they make the point that to a child the bm (bowell movement) has indeed come from inside the child's body and if one states that it can cause sickness the child could conclude that there is sickness inside the child's body. They recomend that one emphasize cleaning up without relying on the dirtyness of the matter. My son (4years) is just getting to the point of wiping himself consistantly and although he does not do it perfectly he gets the job done. I always offer to check his efforts (If he wants me to!!). Progress is being made. -- Roe McBurnett {ut-sally,astrovax}!topaz!mcburnet or Hill 521 x4273 \-> !ru-green!mcburnett