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[quote=Anonymous]If the child is having blowouts it’s likely he is on Miralax because he has issues with stool holding. I get that this is frustrating for teachers but I feel like there’s more to the story that you aren’t seeing in your frustration with the dad.

Often kids like this who stool hold have developed a mega colon and have decreased sensitivity from their rectum being stretched out due to stool holding. They can have sensory issues that make them hold poop in, so to get them to poop the doctor prescribes Miralax to overcome this behavior. This causes poop to be mushier so they can’t hold it in as well and is basically the only thing a doctor will do for a stool holding kid.

I would not be surprised if this child has issues with stool holding and that he will go on to be diagnosed with some special needs - ASD, ADHD, etc. The child is very young to be diagnosed and there are very few chd care programs for SN kids. The supports that come for special need kids like this often don’t come until later because the child is passing as a
Neurotypical when they aren’t, because they are relatively high functioning. I bet the dad’s frustration has much more to do with long standing challenges with the child’s behavior and the frustration he has from dealing with these issues and then on top of that, facing irritated teachers who are just mad that an almost 4 year old isn’t toilet trained.

As a former teacher who is raising 2 special needs kids myself, OP please take a step
Back and realize there may be a lot more
Going on here that you don’t know
About. Try having a conference with the family if this is such an issue and work together as a team in support of the child - he’s not doing it to anger anyone but the anger around his behavior is only going to worsen things. [/quote]

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