isn't this ridiculous??

Re: isn't this ridiculous??

• grahamsm3

  

  January 2011

  completely infuriating.

  If I start elaborating I may not stop, so I'll leave it at completely infuriating.

   

  

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• KatieLG04

  January 2011

  Yes, says the mom of an almost 3 year old boy who only uses the potty to poop and a few times during the day when we prompt him and put him on ourselves.  8 times in a month is not that many at all for a 3 year old.  This poor kid will forever show up in google searches as the girl who pees her pants.

  

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• jgreg29

  January 2011

  Ridiculous!  8 times a month is a problem for a 3-year-old?  Consider how many times you go to the bathroom a month.  8 times is still a low accident rate.

  Note to self: do not consider this preschool for my children.  :-P 

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• kristen80

  January 2011

  (  poor little girl!!  That is so dumb.  I was reading about Montessori's recently and apparently it's not uncommon practice to do this in their schools??  Not sure if this is true, but man is that ridiculous!
  

  
  
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• tripin

  January 2011

  ""Fast track," another controversial early-training method in which a child is saturated with drinks and then placed on the pot, is also growing in popularity."

   

  Really? Is this what we've come to? Oh my. Poor kid.
  

  

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• MrsSweetpeaMagee

  January 2011

  Erin I was thinking the same thing, that is so dangerous for someone who may not read all the "directions" and just pumps liquids into their kid! 

  I feel for this family... the boys will be two in April and we haven't even thought about it and probably won't try until June when I am home with them, but I can foresee a lot of accidents! 
  

  

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• mjellison81 member

  January 2011

  This article makes me want to throat punch the people who run this preschool... it also makes me thankful that I don't live in the greater DC area where the tuition is $837 a month!

  
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• meganinmaine

  January 2011

  I don't have a kid, but the idea that a child (who cleans herself up and changed her own clothes, no less) having an accident will distract the other three year olds from their academics made me snort a little Diet Coke out my nose.  It's preschool, not Harvard.  Plus, I'd wet myself too if I were as stressed out as I bet that little girl was.
  

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• meganmarieCA

  January 2011

  So much of potty training theory historically is to actively work to avoid "elimination shame" -- and what have they done here???  It blows my mind.

  jgreg -- I can't believe that this is a county policy!  Is this the price that's paid for some of the best academic programs in the country?

   

  
  
  
  
  

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