Potty Training Abandoned. I Have Been Informed, That In My City, That Immigrant Children are Not Potty Trained at 5 and 6 years old! Teachers - Professionals - Are Being Expected To Do This!

Scientists on a mission to speed up plodding rate of potty training.

After being asked to find a way of reducing nappy waste, UCL researchers learnt that western children were using them for longer and longer

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Tom Whipple

, Science Editor

Tuesday March 04 2025, 8.30am, The Times

Children today are learning to use the toilet nine months later than their grandparents 

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Some parents try praise. Some try punishment. Some try bribery — two sweets for a number two, one for a number one. And some, in their desperation to get potty training right, try an incoherent mix of all three.Whichever technique we choose, however, what is clear is that we are all doing it later than we used to. The average toddler is potty trained at three, an estimated nine months after its grandparents.Now the Big Toilet Project, a team of scientists, wants the public’s help to understand why — and perhaps reverse the trend.                                                                                                                               The Times