By Suzanne Schlosberg
- May 22, 2017
- 6 min
Trusting Students, Saving Bladders: One Teacher’s Radically Humane School Bathroom Policy
At BedwettingAndAccidents.com we get a lot of email from parents distressed about school bathroom policies — how these policies are damaging their children’s bladders and self-esteem. As we’ve noted, some schools reward students — with student-store “money,” even pizza parties — for not using the bathroom during class. Countless schools restrict bathroom passes or punish children who use them. Heck, until I intervened, my own son’s 3rd-grade math teacher required students to
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By Steve Hodges, M.D.
- May 12, 2017
- 12 min
Teenage Bedwetting: Everything You’ve Been Told Is Wrong
About 15% of my bedwetting patients are teenagers, and I frequently receive emails from teens who wet the bed. The common theme: Nothing works. Nobody will help me. How can I go college like this?
From a 17-year-old girl:
“I cannot feel any urine going out, but I wake up wet every day. My mom thinks I'm stubborn and I don't want to wake up at night. I’m a very bright student, I might add. This is the only thing that pulls down my self-esteem. I can’t go to camps, and it’s s
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By Steve Hodges, M.D.,
- May 8, 2017
- 6 min
Is Bedwetting a Sign of Bullying?
For centuries bedwetting and accidents have been attributed to stress, anxiety, and psychological problems. Even today, you read about this alleged link in the popular media and in the scientific literature. I have countless patients who have been referred to psychologists by their pediatricians or schools. So, I was not surprised when a mom in our Facebook support group posted this question: My 10-year-old started wetting the bed after 5 years of dryness, other than about 5
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