In a different world, potty training would be easier: we’d simply rub our child’s nose in their dirty diaper, repeatedly telling them “no” until they learned to use a toilet. In a civilized world, we choose other avenues. We bribe. We beg. We ban the bran. We do everything possible to get our child to trade Pampers for porcelain. And, often times, we grow flushed with frustration. But it doesn’t have to be this way.

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