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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, are his pants wet at all?  This would be a clue as to whether the incident truly is an accident that cannot be stopped.  The parents must take him to the pediatrician to rule out a bowel blockage (which causes a sudden and uncontrollable urge) or a UTI.  Then you can safely decide how to deal with the behavior if it is truly purposeful.

For what it is worth, I never ask "do you have to go?" - I always ask "can you go?".  I float a couple cheerios in the toilet bowel and get the boy to try to sink them with his urine stream thereby draining his bladder.  For accidents, I always make the clean up take 4 times as long as it would have taken the child to run to the toilet - change clothes, put clothes in washing machine, take a shower, redress and clean up the accident.  Noting punitive or harsh about it - I stay completely neutral - this is simply what we have to do when anyone has an accident.  All humans are programmed to take the path of least resistance - make running to the toilet the path of least resistance.

[b]If he is pulling out his penis and urinating on purpose, he has psychological issues that are beyond your pay grade, OP.[/b]  [/quote]

Possible sign that someone is abusing him, too.  [/quote]

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