have any of you potty-trained this way?

Question

some years ago, as my room overlooks a park, i saw a woman with 3 children. all 3 were fairly youing and all were girls. she had the smallest baby girl of about 1 who still had diapers on but her other daughters, i'm guessing 2 and 3 years old, did not have any. i found it odd that a child of that age didnt war a diaper, i mean the 2 year old especially. i moved back from the window, but came to it again when the mother yelled out at one point, saying that she would whoop the girls a** for wetting herself. she grabbed her, stripped her and spanked her SO loud the whole building could hear. then she held her in the air in peeing position and not let her go till she peed some more on the grass. this was really unusual to watch, to say the least, but the lady came around my house alot and all 3 of her kids were potty "trained" this way, at a very early age.i heard from someone who knows her that she couldnt afford diapers,so that exaplained it to me somewhat.what do you think about this?

Answer 1

Most two and three year old children are already potty trained. If this is true then you are guilty for not calling child protection services. How could someone watch what you describe and not call authorities.

hmmm are you talking about your own life?

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Answer 2

i have never heard of any mother potty training in this way. To say the least this mother out to be smacked on the a** herself.
Training doesnt happen overnight but to terrorize your child, i just can't imagine.
Potty training is best done by constant repetition with your child.
I worked in a day care with the 18 month to two year old group as an assistant and the way they taught the kids that age was with consant trips into the bathroom. And your talking about up to 25 children at a time.
and you know what, it was very rare that any of them had an accident.
The day would start with a short activity and then they all lined up to go to the bathroom (whether they had to go or not) and hand wahing. Then a snack immediatly followed by another visit to the bathroom to pee and wash there hands, then outside play and again another trip to the bathroom.
so as you can see it was all a repetative action , patients, and encouraging words~ especially if there was an accident.
The thought of someone treating there children this way over potty training really make me angry.
Maybe she should not be popping out all those babies if she can't afford them. Diapers are expensive but that's just the start.
And haveing 1 small child takes alot of patience to raise much more for three all under the age of 5....

Answer 3

NO that is not the right way to go about it. spanking for that is not a good thing. I agree if someone has the time to take and stay on it that a child can be potty trained at a early age but like my daughter was 3 1/2 and she went to early education at a elementry school and by being around other kids within no time at all she was trained it was not forced on her it was influenced by other kids going to the pottie. i dont agree with forcing anything it will happen in time.

Answer 4

I'd rather watch Passions on TV than that outside my house, it must have really bothered you too, if you can so vividly remember it after some years. I think it's sad, especially if she couldn't afford diapers, but more so for the girls, how awful to receive a spanking for that.

My son is almost three and still in diapers. We're working on it but have a few set backs, plus I'm due in a month and that can be a real trigger for him to not want to use the potty.

I would rather go broke on diapers I think.

Answer 5

You should purchase a potty seat he can use at the grownup potty, or you'll make him use the baby. Either manner you can most likely need to keep in the toilet with him till he is going for the primary few months of potty coaching. Don't anticipate him to be equipped to head in there and maintain it himself. Grab a ebook and plant your self till he is going. Don't make it traumatic. You can present a present of a few type if he makes use of both potty (like 2 m&m's). Be sufferer despite the fact that he is not and do not fear. Training takes time.

Answer 6

there is no physical consequence for a child beinng potty trained except the feeling the child gets for messing up their diaper or underwear. I believe she was doing the best she new how but that's not proper, and I wouldn't recomend it(I don't think a child should be 2 or 3 years old wearing a diaper or pull ups either).

Answer 7

Definitely NOT the way to go about potty training. Her poor children will suffer from low self-esteem later in life stemming from this. The only way to potty train is to be helpful, but don't push your child to do it. They will train when they are ready. And only the child knows when they are physically and emotionally ready. This woman is abusing her children and it is disgusting that people like her even have children. IF SHE CAN'T AFFORD DIAPERS SHE CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE CHILDREN. PERIOD!!

Answer 8

That is absurd. That lady needs therapy. I agree, those kids are going to have issues someday. We didn't pressure my boy and he got trained when he was ready, no problems. (he's 3 1/2 now, has been trained about 6-8 months)

Answer 9

In China they potty train in a similar manner. The children go barebottomed or have on split pants and just pee where they are on command(Think Pavlovs experiment)
Both my children were adopted from China and my youngest was pottytrained in a similar manner.

Answer 10

i think it ia pathetic, there are programs that can help this
"trainer" out. and beyond that she is scaring the bageebas out of her daughters to teach them to potty train - even if it is not a toilet! Can we say, "Child Abuse"? she really sucks and although the children are potty trained, she is damaging them far beyond a dirty diaper at age 2 in the future.