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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think Americans are generally the last in the world to potty train LOL All the kids I knew overseas were trained by 1.5 like clockwork. The fact that we waited till 2.5 horrified everybody.

Methinks by 3 it's high time. Our PK3 requires children to be fully trained.[/quote]

Non- American.

This is bullshit. [/quote]

American with lots of non-American family, and no, it's not BS... but it depends on what kind of "non-American" we're talking about. Perhaps Americans aren't the very last in the world to train, but they are later than most of the world's population. Is this because they "have to" train early because they use cloth? Maybe. It's related. But more generally, it is a social/cultural thing.

That's the crux of the OP.

What does "unacceptable" mean? What it really means is "what is [i]socially [/i]unacceptable in your culture or community."

Because it's not so much biological, as we can see in many cultures and historically, where kids tend to be done or mostly done PT by, yeah-- about 1.5 in most cases. My grandparents (born in the 20s) are appalled at any kid still using diapers after their 2nd birthday-- latest. My non-American family born in the 60s-80s allow up to maybe 2.5 before they think it's totally unacceptable. But my American contemporaries don't start batting an eye until about 3.25 or 3.5, and don't really draw the line until 4.

So, if you're asking in a mostly white American context in 2017, especially in a middle class+ context? And including pullups, really meaning "not in underwear?" Then yeah, I'd say for kids without special needs, it starts becoming socially unacceptable around 3.5. But there's nothing universal or immutable about that.

Nor, really, is it anyone's business. [/quote]

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