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Expert Q&A
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| By Michael F. Wasserman General Pediatrician | ||
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My daughter will be 3 in December. She is registered for spring preschool, which starts in January. They require her to be potty trained before the first day of school. What can I do to help ensure that this will happen? I have about three months.
I disagree with school policies regarding potty training. There is no correlation of which I am aware between control of urine and stool and school readiness. I believe that the school is demonstrating that it is not child-centered in its underlying philosophy.
That as a backdrop, frequent, constant pressure on the child with positive feedback may cause the child to be potty trained. But I don't believe that this is worth the long-term price of possible chronic constipation.
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