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08-20-2008, 01:31 PM
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Potty Training.
A friend of mine is trying to potty train a kid.
Any tips that would make this easier?
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08-20-2008, 01:33 PM
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Oh, so at a young age you're already confining him to conform with the idea of "everything in its place"?
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08-20-2008, 01:49 PM
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Get the rod and beat the child.
Apply that concept to every instance where the child makes a mistake in any scenario, and sometimes just do it on the premise that the child has most likely done something wrong.
Alas, I cannot give you any ACTUAL tips other than reinforcing that peepee and poopoo go in the toilet and not on the carpet.
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08-20-2008, 01:50 PM
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I should have figured you guys wouldn't be of much help.
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08-20-2008, 02:02 PM
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Kids are suckers for rewards...
Reward them whenever they did the poopoo and pee.... thing...
My cousin had problems with being able to poo on time, i sorta helped my aunt... Whenever my cousin had to go, she must tell *rewards and words of encouragement if they do*, when she was on the potty, i sat opposite to her, and just start saying "get that bad poo out, if you do i'll ..., or if you finish faster we'll go play"something of that sort... Whenever she said that nothing came out, i took her mind off the topic a bit, then in a few minutes continue the poo talk...
Lots of cheery and happy words after she's done, so can know that she did well...
- sometimes it took several hours... And when she got off the potty, she had a round red circle on her behind...
I don't know how old is the kid you're talking about... If he/she is young, i'll ask mom tomorrow when she's back from work...
@sir corpsey, beating the child only makes them bed witters...
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08-20-2008, 02:07 PM
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I'm agreeing with Geoluhread. Children are more prone to act for rewards than to react to punishment. I do think that not-so-severe punishment when done incorrectly paired with rewards when done correctly is a good mix, but trying to scare the child into peeing in the right place won't get anything accomplished.
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08-20-2008, 02:09 PM
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Yes but the beating helps the parents relieve all the stress 'caused by the early years.
/sarcasm
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08-20-2008, 06:43 PM
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I'm a lazy mom in some ways. (Interpretation: I'm easygoing, or try to be.) I have six kids, so I do have a little bit of experience in the pottytraining area. Four of my kids were pottytrained within a month of turning three. My second kid, Emily, once she realized what the toilet was for started using it before she turned two! The boys were harder to train, I've heard that's normal. My last baby is very much like Emily in stubbornness and independence, so she also trained herself before she turned two.
I didn't really do anything other than show them what the toilet was for (all of them were scared of potty chairs, dorks), and occasionally sit them on the toilet for around 30 seconds at a time, a few times a day. When they got it, I'd make a huge hairy deal and then give them a little piece of candy as a reward. That's really all it took for all of mine. Praise by bribery for good things, take away privileges for bad things, those are my main tactics.
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08-20-2008, 08:03 PM
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Boy or girl?
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08-20-2008, 09:08 PM
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My suggestion varies from kid to kid and how tolerant they are of wearing soiled diapers, but when they are infants and you always change the diaper as soon as they are dirty, the child usually grows to prefer a clean diaper and begins to dislike wearing soiled diapers for any length of time, and so it will be easier to train them. And yeah, my experience is that boys take longer. Girls don't like wearing poopoo. 
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08-20-2008, 09:10 PM
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Originally Posted by HumanePain
And yeah, my experience is that boys take longer. Girls don't like wearing poopoo. |
That's because boys are nasty little creatures. ;-P
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08-20-2008, 09:47 PM
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Originally Posted by AngelikDemonik
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Sexist!!!!
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08-20-2008, 11:15 PM
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Kids also like to mimic the big folks. I tried every conceivable training device, bribery, etc. with my girl. What finally worked was when I found a miniature 'john' complete with flushing noises. I put it by mine and put a little rug around it, and even a little magazine rack by it. Found out 'monkey see, monkey do' works.
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08-20-2008, 11:27 PM
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Conformist! conforming with the ideas of sexism and anarchy! I just realized I'm a conformist for speaking the same language as you, and using the same alphabet as you, must switch to non conforming language! ≈oè½3ëàwWôûì
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08-21-2008, 06:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Godslayer Jillian
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But boys can use the "dunk the cheerios" method!!! With ease! =)
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08-21-2008, 06:46 AM
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Originally Posted by AngelikDemonik
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He's a little boy, and he seems to be fine with peeing in the toilet, but he still pees and poops in his diaper as well, and doesn't seem to care either way.
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08-21-2008, 12:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Underwater Ophelia
He's a little boy, and he seems to be fine with peeing in the toilet, but he still pees and poops in his diaper as well, and doesn't seem to care either way.
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From my experience with kids and potty training, boys tend to be a little more stubborn about it than girls. From what I've seen that has worked for other parents is getting them "big kid" undergarments with their favorite cartoon character or something. The positive reinforcement thing works well too, like everyone else mentioned. Just stress to your friend that if he's not getting with the program as soon as others kids, that it's not a bad thing (other than having to change his diapers, of course). Kids will do it willingly when they're ready.
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08-21-2008, 03:12 PM
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Purchase a tazer and allow the child to roam around naked. Place the potty in the room you have locked him/her and apply an electric shock every time they defecate on the floor. He/she will soon learn.
(not really please don't do this.)
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08-21-2008, 03:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Unimatrix 00
Purchase a tazer and allow the child to roam around naked. Place the potty in the room you have locked him/her and apply an electric shock every time they defecate on the floor. He/she will soon learn.
(not really please don't do this.)
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Hehe
If the kid doesn't die, he'll learn a lesson
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