Friends 4 yo still wears a diaper all the time

[Anonymous]

Just curious if this is common or not. Our friends kid is friends with our kid and they will go to kindergarten together next year. The kid is turning 5 this year and has never been potty trained for either pee or poop. The kids parents still change the diaper throughout the day. I had never heard of this but of course I have never said anything as I don’t want to offend the parents. I also know that it’s not due to a medical issue; as the parents have told us casually in the past that they just haven’t really forced it and assumed they would have just learned on their own eventually. I’m just more curious than anything if this is more common than I realized nowadays? Are there kids who start kindergarten not potty trained?? How do the schools handle it?

[Anonymous]

It’s possible there is a medical issue and your friends are covering for it. But unless the child has medical documentation of a disability, no kindergarten is going to let in an un-potty-trained kid.

[Anonymous]

There’s probably a hidden disability you don’t know about.

[Anonymous]

Kids who start kindergarten have to be potty trained. The exception is if there are special needs involved abd a documented disability. A regular kindergarten teacher cannot change diapers.

[Anonymous]

MYOB.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There’s probably a hidden disability you don’t know about.

That’s possible and they really don’t want friends to know. But if I was a parent of a 4/5 yo kid who wore diapers, I’d want friends to know that’s it’s due to an underlying medical issue. Bc the alternate option of my kid is totally normal and we just have been nonchalant about it seems more awkward and embarrassing for the kid. No?

[Anonymous]

It’s almost as if it’s…none of your business.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MYOB.

I do mind my own business. Hence where I said in my original post that I would never comment to the parents as it’s not my business how they parents. I’m curious, so I’m posting on a completely anonymous forum to ask a question out of curiosity. That’s the whole point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There’s probably a hidden disability you don’t know about.

That’s possible and they really don’t want friends to know. But if I was a parent of a 4/5 yo kid who wore diapers, I’d want friends to know that’s it’s due to an underlying medical issue. Bc the alternate option of my kid is totally normal and we just have been nonchalant about it seems more awkward and embarrassing for the kid. No?

“But if I were facing a disability or a medical challenge”…shut up. You don’t know.

-NP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s almost as if it’s…none of your business.

It’s not. My question is if it’s not unusual for kids to wear diapers full time at this age.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There’s probably a hidden disability you don’t know about.

That’s possible and they really don’t want friends to know. But if I was a parent of a 4/5 yo kid who wore diapers, I’d want friends to know that’s it’s due to an underlying medical issue. Bc the alternate option of my kid is totally normal and we just have been nonchalant about it seems more awkward and embarrassing for the kid. No?

“But if I were facing a disability or a medical challenge”…shut up. You don’t know.

-NP

Actually you shut up. How do you know what I’m facing. O you don’t.

[Anonymous]

It’s very unusual for a child to wear diapers at four. There must be a medical issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s almost as if it’s…none of your business.

It’s not. My question is if it’s not unusual for kids to wear diapers full time at this age.

Of course it’s unusual.

[Anonymous]

Is the child in day care or preschool?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is the child in day care or preschool?

Yes they are in preschool, not at the same one as mine.

If no interaction occurs on the parents part and assuming no health conditions, do kids eventually train themselves? Anyone ever tested this?