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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

I'm non-American and I call BS on that too.  Pampers are everywhere.  The only people who still train extra early are the ones who HAVE to use cloth diapers.  Let's not lie about what it actually is.[/quote]

LOL I have no idea where you're from, but from my experience, no one used cloth in the old country for like 40 years. (The environmental side of the issue is far less popular outside the U.S.) The cost is a factor, but it's not the main factor. The main reason is mothers have much better access to state-subsidized childcare. Despite generous (although basically unpaid) leave, many choose or need to return to work after about a year. Daycares universally train the children; it's a given, and there are no other options LOL All kids in the group have their breakfast, then get up and go sit on potties. Obviously, they have accidents, but generally speaking, this type of training in a group is highly effective. As I said, by 1.5 children are day trained (with accidents, of course).[/quote]

^^This, too. What's acceptable is cultural and political, not just about people being forced in to things by poverty or whatever.[/quote]

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