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What do people have against potty training?

goodhartedmommygoodhartedmommy
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Not potty training itself, but the word training. I often see it referred to as potty learning. It's not like I'm training them like a dog. And then maybe I am...I do reward with a "treat." But I don't see the huge deal. So if you think referring to it as training is bad, could you share why?
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Re: What do people have against potty training?

  • AZ_EricaAZ_Erica member
    I have never seen it refered to as anything but potty training. 
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  • firefightersgalfirefightersgal member

    imageAZ_Erica:
    I have never seen it refered to as anything but potty training. 

    Ditto.

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  • JellymanKellyJellymanKelly
    I don't get that either, GHM, but I only see it on AP-friendly message boards. Maybe it's because of the dog thing. I think "potty learning" sounds backward and uneducated, personally.
    She's crafty - and she's just my type.
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  • Flem052204Flem052204

    Do people have something against potty training?  Katy just completed PT'ing a couple months ago so it was a frequent topic among my IRL mom friends for a while.  I never once had a negative comment about the owrd "training."  Are you getting the comments from another board?

    If you are getting that reaction from MDC, I could kind of see how that board would be against the word "train."  But if you are getting it IRL, from a broader profile of moms, I think it's odd that so many would be against the use of that word.

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  • breezee_beanbreezee_bean
    imagefirefightersgal:

    imageAZ_Erica:
    I have never seen it refered to as anything but potty training. 

    Ditto.

    double ditto. 

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  • zacookzacook
    imagefirefightersgal:

    imageAZ_Erica:
    I have never seen it refered to as anything but potty training. 

    Ditto.

    ditto

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  • goodhartedmommygoodhartedmommy
    imageFlem052204:

    Do people have something against potty training?  Katy just completed PT'ing a couple months ago so it was a frequent topic among my IRL mom friends for a while.  I never once had a negative comment about the owrd "training."  Are you getting the comments from another board?

    If you are getting that reaction from MDC, I could kind of see how that board would be against the word "train."  But if you are getting it IRL, from a broader profile of moms, I think it's odd that so many would be against the use of that word.

     

    Well most of my friends are crunchy types that put me to shame, so any of them use the word PLing and look at me funny for saying "pt ing".

    But I always see it on other message boards. 

    I'm with jellymankelly. It sounds very uneducated. 

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  • fireflymamafireflymama
    I've only ever seen or had that reaction to the word "training" in relation to sleep training.
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  • Temp159135562506975Temp159135562506975 member
    people are idiots and will find any little thing to get worked up over.
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  • hanna06hanna06
    It doesn't bother me whether people say "learning" or "training" with regard to the potty - but I thought I would add that such a "mainstream" book as "What to expect the toddler years" suggests using "potty learning" to emphasize the child's role as learner and not the parent as teacher.
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