Don’t go to pot with kids
HE wees in the toilet but he won’t do a poo’ or ‘we haven’t had a dry night yet’ — just some of the toilet-training conundrums presented by worried mums and dads to Helen Sholdice, parent-child coach.
Sholdice is adamant that the key to toilet-training is for parents to understand the value to the child of being able to spring themselves free from a nappy. If parents approach it in this way, they do so with a loving heart. “The child takes great pleasure in mastering use of the toilet. It’s a very big step on the road to independence. It enhances the child and strengthens his ego,” she says.
