My 4 year old is the master of not going potty, when he obviously does, because he doesn't want to take away from his fun.
Example: we went to a park for July 4th. We noticed that he was holding himself, typically a clear cut sign that he needs to go, and asked him if he needed to go. We asked twice. Both times, he said no. We walk over to our sitting area to set up. Mind you, it's not a horribly short walk, and it's 93 degrees outside with blistering sun. The second we get to our spot, he says he needs to go right now. Having JUST asked him literally 4 minutes ago, I felt a little frustrated. I didn't say so, but I wondered why he hadn't gone when I had just asked him.
He has also had accidents less than 10 minutes after asking if he had to go.
Sometimes, I'll make him go, but then I'm not even sure I should be doing that.
What age do you correct that? I don't want to discourage him, because he does good with going, but it's those times that he waits too long, or makes us get side tracked to let him go. It wouldn't be so frustrating if I wasn't also carrying a 4 month old around I'm sure.
Re: What age to correct?