By Steve Hodges, M.D.
- Sep 28, 2016
- 7 min
Teaching the Toilet: 8 Overlooked Potty Tips for Preschool Teachers
If you’re a preschool teacher with a room full of potty-trained 3- or 4-year-olds, you might think: Fantastic— they’re out of diapers! That makes my job easier. Not so fast! Changing diapers may not be convenient, but it’s pretty easy. What’s difficult is teaching toilet-trained children to pee and poop when they feel the urge — not two hours, or two days, later. This job is terribly important, both for teachers and parents of preschoolers, but it’s often overlooked. A child’
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By Steve Hodges, M.D.
- Sep 14, 2016
- 8 min
The Problem with Preschool Potty Training Deadlines
Yesterday I received an email from a mom who has been issued an ultimatum by her daughter’s preschool. The mom wrote: “Our daughter has one month to display fully potty-trained behaviors, or she will be disenrolled.” I get emails like this every fall and have written extensively on one of the more egregious examples of preschool potty crackdowns. These stories follow the same rough outline: A child has multiple accidents at school, the school declares the child “not potty tra
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By Steve Hodges, M.D.
- Sep 12, 2016
- 4 min
Urologist on JonBenét Ramsey Bedwetting Theory: "Not Shocking"
Was JonBenét Ramsey killed because she wet the bed? That apparently is a theory that police investigated following the tragic death of 6-year-old JonBenét at her home in 1996. According to a retired FBI profiler, bedwetting was a “nightly occurrence” with JonBenét. On the night she was killed, police theorized, Patsy Ramsey became so enraged that her daughter wet the bed again that she struck JonBenét, accidentally killing her. Media outlets have called the theory “shocking.”
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