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[quote=Anonymous]If this is occuring the homeroom teachers need to all take their classes to the bathroom right before PE and explain to the iids that they jeed to try to go even if they don't think they need to.

I used to teach a structured activity for this age, and for tye six and under set, going to the bathroom is very contagious and social.

If one kid gets to use the restroom, suddenly every kid has to go very badly right NOW, even if they went before class.  Depending on how many classrooms feed into the PE classes, this could mean a dozen or so kids who all suddenly really need to go pee, even if only one kid actually has to go.

I think if the school/homeroom teachers could tweak things a little bit this problem could be eliminated very quickly.

One more thing, one of my kids was the kind of kid who always waited until the very last minute to let anyone knoe he had to use the toilet especially if he was having fun.  He was like this until third or fourth grade, and actually had a school accident in second because he was excited about the lesson, thought he could hold it, and didn't ask to go until it was too the point that he was about to burst.

A common response when a kid asks to use the restroom is to ask if they can hold it or if it was an emergency. My kid would say ty lat he could hold it, when in reality he was asking at the last possible minute. You don't know if these wetters are that kind of kid, the one who waits until the last possible moment to ask, then thinks tuey can hold it because well, they HAVE been holding it.

I would jot come in guns blazing, especially since it is not your kid doing the wetting. Talk to the school but realize their might be more to the story.[/quote]

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