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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do people feel the need to respond to an anonymous troll who is asking you to defend how you handled potty training your child?
Don't feed the troll - she's not asking for any advice here, she's just looking to work everyone up into a lather and sitting back enjoying her popcorn.[/quote]

OP here. Actually, not the case at all. I was honestly wondering how some children are trained at 2 and some are in diapers at 4. How many people train before 3 and how many people wait for the child to train themselves.[/quote]

Bullshit.  Here is your original post:

[quote]I know I'm going to start a debate here, but I really want to know how it comes to be that an able body/mind 4 year old is still not fully potty trained. I am a mother to an infant and am genuinely curious how that happens.

I'm a long time nanny and have potty trained two children, for what it's worth. I know how hard it is. But, I wasn't about to let a 3 year old go on not being potty trained. It seems to me that if the child can ask to be changed ("I need my diaper changed") then they're probably too old for a diaper. Is that not true?

Is it laziness? On the part of the parent and child to not start earlier? 
Did you start and then stop? 
Is 2 years old too young? 
Is it just too darn hard so everyone waits until the child can basically do it all themselves, even if that takes until they're 4?

Sorry if this is all too harsh. I really want to know why your 3/4 year old isn't potty trained.[/quote]

You knew full well that this would be seen as a criticism of parents who don't potty-train on the schedule you think appropriate.  And honestly, why do you care?  
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+1 Yes, this was definitely designed to start a mommywar.

It's a personal choice, but one definitely encouraged by the availability of disposable diapers.

I was terrified of potty training and I think were it not for a friend who did it with her kid and showed me it could be done, I probably would have waited out of sheer fear.  I'm glad I did go ahead with it at 2 though.  I do not envy the late trainers.  I much prefer occasional accidents to giant poop diapers. [/quote]

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