Ignore the shit police on here who say nobody should shit for longer than a few minutes. Unless they are experts with research to back it up, they are full of bullshit. My boy shits for longer than 10 minutes and he eats plenty of fiber. Has been like that for ever. Honestly I would get a doctor's note. Let kids shit in peace so they don't get digestive problems. I take a long time too and so does my husband. It isn't because the poo doesn't come out. It's because we eat lots of vegetables and legumes, etc and there's a lot to come.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread is vile.

No one shits at school since there are no doors on the stalls.

There are no doors on the stalls at school??? There were at my school (I still didn't shot there but still...)! Why are there no doors?

There were no doors when I was in high school and that was in the mid-80s, at a very nice high school too. The kids would do drugs in the stalls.

Nowadays they are giving BJs in the stalls.

Anonymous wrote:For God's sakes, people. Mothers are not likely to be asking their kids when they poop and recording it in a log. The kids just say it. Maybe those who are so appalled only have girls? Or particularly uptight girls? I have all boys and they freely talk about it.

And because they talk about it, they tell me when they come running in the door after school and fly into the bathroom, that they avoid pooping at school unless it's a dire emergency. Boys will climb over the stall and harass you, some stalls don't have doors or don't have locks so they stay ajar, and oftentimes there isn't toilet paper.

Thanks for adding yet another point on my list of reasons why we're glad to be homeschooling - freedom to poop in peace and privacy!

Here is a deleted blog post about poop.
http://web.archive.org/web/20120205004133/http://rhemashope.wordpress.com/2012/01/04/a-poopy-post-really/?replytocom=7931

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does he get to take his phone when he goes to the school bathroom? If so, that’s why he’s taking so long.

I don’t know when mine go, but I do know if I see them walking to the bathroom with their phone in hand, it’s going to be a while.

I now have a “no phones in the bathroom before school” rule so that everyone moves at a normal pace instead of a checking phone pace.

+1 DH will be in the bathroom for half an hour if he has his phone with him. Sometimes I shut off the modem briefly but leave the wireless router on so his internet connection won’t work. Magically he’s done pooping within a minute or two and is out checking the modem and router ASAP.

I sent my son and husband the article about the guy in China who was on his phone in the bathroom for 30 mins. and his rectum became detached and fell out. It worked wonders!

Link to the article?

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Anonymous wrote: Currently in middle school with four minutes between classes and kid is endlessly getting in trouble for needing to spend 10 minutes in the bathroom during class. They send Security down to come get him. We are just not very speedy in this department. Unfortunately his usual time seems to be sometime after lunch and it’s just causing trouble at school. There doesn’t seem to be any time in the morning for this luxury as we are trying to get up and out the door. How have others dealt with this issue?

“We are not very speedy”. Are you saying it’s a genetic thing? And to answer your original question, my kids poop when they have to

I read "we are not very speedy" in the same way that annoying husbands say "we are pregnant" and immediately assumed OP is an annoying helicopter.

For God's sakes, people. Mothers are not likely to be asking their kids when they poop and recording it in a log. The kids just say it. Maybe those who are so appalled only have girls? Or particularly uptight girls? I have all boys and they freely talk about it.

And because they talk about it, they tell me when they come running in the door after school and fly into the bathroom, that they avoid pooping at school unless it's a dire emergency. Boys will climb over the stall and harass you, some stalls don't have doors or don't have locks so they stay ajar, and oftentimes there isn't toilet paper.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread is vile.

No one shits at school since there are no doors on the stalls.

There are no doors on the stalls at school??? There were at my school (I still didn't shot there but still...)! Why are there no doors?

There were no doors when I was in high school and that was in the mid-80s, at a very nice high school too. The kids would do drugs in the stalls.

Nowadays they are giving BJs in the stalls.

Anonymous wrote: Currently in middle school with four minutes between classes and kid is endlessly getting in trouble for needing to spend 10 minutes in the bathroom during class. They send Security down to come get him. We are just not very speedy in this department. Unfortunately his usual time seems to be sometime after lunch and it’s just causing trouble at school. There doesn’t seem to be any time in the morning for this luxury as we are trying to get up and out the door. How have others dealt with this issue?

“We are not very speedy”. Are you saying it’s a genetic thing? And to answer your original question, my kids poop when they have to

Anonymous wrote: Currently in middle school with four minutes between classes and kid is endlessly getting in trouble for needing to spend 10 minutes in the bathroom during class. They send Security down to come get him. We are just not very speedy in this department. Unfortunately his usual time seems to be sometime after lunch and it’s just causing trouble at school. There doesn’t seem to be any time in the morning for this luxury as we are trying to get up and out the door. How have others dealt with this issue?

Interesting how you don't have time in your busy schedule for your child's bodily function (that apparently every other family can work around) but the teacher has to stop teaching every single day for 10 mins to work it into his/her schedule. Plus interrupt security to go get him in case he's hurt or in some sort of trouble.

Once in a while is one thing, but every day is ridiculous. If your kid is so desperate to poop that he needs to poop Right This Second then he should be able to get it out before they send a search party for him.

It sounds like you need to look at what your kid is eating and also make sure you're all up in time for necessary bodily functions before leaving for the day.

Anonymous wrote:Hey, those of you who are poking fun, just stop. Now.

No one wants bowel problems, but tons of people have them: IBS, diverticulitis, chrones, and more. Many people, post colectomy, also can't control their timing. Plus, the range of normal is vast.

An anonymous forum is a perfect place for these questions because the whole thing can be embarrassing.

If you do t have advice, just shut up and be glad your bowels work the way they do.

Nobody said the kid is a handicapped pooper. Get over yourself.

Anonymous wrote:In high school I did not have to s*** on premises twice in four years, and both of those times were prior to sporting events. Squeeze that stuff out in the morning even if you need to get up earlier to do it. On the plus side,your kid is on track for a govt career. Potty breaks can take up a third of the day there.

I'm dying!!!

Good news he can file a grievance with his union if he isnt given adequate Sh!t time.

Hey, those of you who are poking fun, just stop. Now.

No one wants bowel problems, but tons of people have them: IBS, diverticulitis, chrones, and more. Many people, post colectomy, also can't control their timing. Plus, the range of normal is vast.

An anonymous forum is a perfect place for these questions because the whole thing can be embarrassing.

If you do t have advice, just shut up and be glad your bowels work the way they do.

I have 4 tweens/teens and I have no idea. Like a PP said, once they were out of pullups, it was no longer my concern.

Your kid just needs to wake up earlier so he can get that done in the morning. Spending ten minutes in the bathroom at school each day is ridiculous.

Anonymous wrote:This thread is vile.

No one shits at school since there are no doors on the stalls.

There are no doors on the stalls at school??? There were at my school (I still didn't shot there but still...)! Why are there no doors?

Anonymous wrote:This thread is vile.

No one shits at school since there are no doors on the stalls.

There are no doors on the stalls at school??? There were at my school (I still didn't shot there but still...)! Why are there no doors?