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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Opinion no-one asked for: making a 3 year old (or any toddler) clean up their bathroom accidents is cruel.  [/quote]

I agree.  Ridiculous.   It’s a physical thing that they can’t always control [/quote]

I’ve read several other potty-training threads where it’s suggested, so I assume it’s coming from some sort of potty training internet “method” but it just seems unnecessarily punitive.  [/quote]

It’s actually a very popular method designed to force the child to associate with the idea that accidents = bad. Do something bad = waste time and energy cleaning up. Avoid doing something bad = don’t need to waste time cleaning up. A lot of people freak out about accidents and expect kids to literally get this done within a day or 2. They get frustrated quickly and assume that the kids are having accidents ON PURPOSE which is why they’re punishing the behavior. Some kids can get trained very quickly, so it further reinforces the idea that it is done on purpose. 
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