For those of you who had their kids potty trained in Head start?

Question

Did they use a reward system? If they did what did they use? My mom in law wants me to put my 3 year old in headstart because she heard that they can potty train a child in only 4 days. I have no idea if that is true or not. He has no intrested in being potty trained right now. I also want to hear what you think of head start. I have never been into a head start program before. The town I grew up in never had one. My son has never been away from me and gone to school. I tried for a month in a daycare in a gym that I had to quit because he hated the daycare. I would leave him after getting him into something and he would cry. He really dosen't play with kids, And has no friends. I didn't start pre-school until I was 4 and never knew a child my age until then. I am not sure about it. To me a pre-school that is discounted or free can't be that great. I picture a school that is dirty and everything is used and a staff that doesn't really care. I could be wrong. Thoughts?

Answer 1

HeadStart is a program funded by the Federal Government to provide pre-school services to families that probably couldn't afford pre-school otherwise. The HeadStart programs that my children attended were clean and well-staffed by people who truly cared about not only the kids, but their families as well. As far as the potty training issue, I couldn't help you because my children were potty trained before they started attending the HeadStart program. If you're truly curious about whether the HeadStart program is for you, call them and schedule a visit. Or better yet, volunteer to help with the kids for a day -- they love parent/community involvement! Good luck!

Answer 2

I had my son trained by 1 1/2. When I knew he could walk and talk I started trainin him by time. 1 hour after each meal he sat on his pot until he produced something. Then when he did, I applauded him and told him he was a big boy. The last thing I did was I used cloth training pants with a plastic cover. When he went from diaper to training pants (not pull ups) this helped greatly. He didn't like the wet cold feeling in his pants. When I switched to trainig pants he was literally trained within a week!

Headstart programs are wonderful, most are only for 3-4 hrs two or three days a week. It is good for social and educational development. Also, preschools are inspected just like other businesses are. I believe that you and your son have seperation issues, that need to be addressed. You allow him to dictate to you where he will and will not be, this is not good. All children go thru a phase when they don't want to leave their parents, this is normal. This is especially true since he is an only child. What you need to do is approach this with love while being firm. Otherwise it will be that much more difficult when it is time for him to go to preschool. Good luck.

Answer 3

i might start up superb around 2. 2 is the main suitable discovering point. If she trys to hop of attempt giving her rewards for employing the potty. Lik ever time she makes use of it properly she gets a dime and then on the tip of the month u can take her procuring and he or she will p.c.. out her own little particular toy.stable success!

Answer 4

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