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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]here's my theory -- it's easier to deal with the diapers now in the age of disposables and pullups, so parents aren't as motivated to start the training sooner.[/quote]

And it's the simple truth!

There is a direct correlation between age of potty-training and availability and quality of disposable diapers. It's been researched. So what it comes down to, is parent motivation. Many are not putting in the hard work anymore.

My son with diagnosed global developmental delay was potty-trained at 2.5, just like his normally developing sister. The percentage of children with medical issues so severe as to make normal potty-training impossible is very small indeed.

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If potty training at age 2 typically takes several weeks (or more), and results in lots of accidents, why not wait until it's easier at age 3? You think absorbent diapers make parents lazy. I believe absorbent diapers save parents the stress and hassle of a long drawn out potty training process. I don't see parents on this post explaining exactly what's so important about having a potty-trained one- or two-year-old.

Does the invention of baby formula mean women today are too lazy to offer themselves up as wet nurses? Are children these days lazy now that we don't all live on farms and make our kids do hard labor? [/quote]
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The reasons are:

1) it does not seem to be easier at 3 (lots of kids battle it and develop constipation/only poop in pull-ups issues);
2) some people actually find it empowering for children to learn to do things that are developmentally appropriate and like to teach their kids to do those things;
3) some people actually find changing diapers on older children not to be "easy" but rather revolting (yes, I love my kids, but I did not think that wiping poop off of them when they could talk/swim/do gymnastics was necessary to prove that). [/b][/quote]

These are fine reasons. Note, this poster specifies "some people." These things aren't universal truths. [/quote]

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