Originally Posted by Unregistered:
I know this post I old ... but gees you all talk so horriable about the parents and just assume it's their fault and that they are lazy if the kids aren't potty trained. That's so not true.. my daughter is four and I am a stay at home mom and have tried EVERYTHINg .. read her potty books, let her go diaperless, bribe her, get her new underwear, even brought her around to pre k schools to show her where she will get to go if she uses the potty everyday. She just says it's too scary and she won't go , she's very stubborn. If you are too disgusted to change a 4 1/2 year olds diaper than go find another job . All you are going to do is make the little girl more scared to potty train.
I am also a work at home mom and have a 4 yr old who refuses to poo on the potty. She literally has no idea that she has pooped. Sometimes she will tell me she has pooped when she hasn't and will tell me she hasn't when she has.
I still understand where the DCP are coming from because sometimes it is the parents fault. Sometimes it isn't. If my child was in care and my DCP told me to do XYZ to get my child trained I would do it (I have asked on here and used the advice to no avail!). At least then the DCP can say that the parents is not lazy and has literally tried everything.
Anyway old post but.....