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[quote=Anonymous]To draw a comparison:

If a child had to wear a backbrace at night for a medical reason, would you expect the child to conceal the fact that he wore the backbrace at home? Would you tell him to put a shirt on over it in the evenings so that other members of the family would not see the backbrace? After all, a medical condition is private. If you went on vacation with close family friends and he was wearing his backbrace, would you make sure he was always wearing pajamas over his backbrace except in the privacy of his or your room at the vacation house, so that the other family would not know he wore it.

If they did see him wearing it, would you think it was appropriate for one of the children in the other family (at any age) to tease your child about the backbrace, suggest he shouldn't have to wear it, or otherwise criticize it? Would you expect the other child's parent to intervene if they did these things?

What is the difference between a child wearing a backbrace for medical reasons and a child wearing a pull-up because they are not developmentally able to hold pee in or wake to pee at night? Why would you treat these issues differently?[/quote]

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