Teaching your child to be fully independent when going to the bathroom is important now that public schools are enrolling 4-year-olds in transitional kindergarten. Consider this Potty Training II.

Whether your child picks it up quickly, or resists graduating from diapers, potty training is a stage of parenting that typically can’t be avoided—no matter how much we want to skip right over it.

Q. "My 3-year-old granddaughter is afraid of the bathroom, so we are having a terrible time potty-training her. She cries when we try to take her." -- A grandmother in Buffalo, N.Y. A. Switch to a ...

Allison Jandu offers solutions she says can make potty training less stressful. Potty training can be nerve-racking for parents, but doesn't have to be, says Allison Jandu, the founder of "Potty ...

If you're an allistic (non-autistic) parent of an autistic toddler, you might wonder how to proceed with potty training for children with autism. Most autistic children can be potty trained. Just like ...

Creating a routine, planning fluid intake, and optimizing bathroom comfort are just a few of the many ways you can boost the success of potty training for autistic children. Share on Pinterest Getty ...

Parents preparing to send their kids to kindergarten this fall should add one more item to their checklist: ensuring their children are completely potty trained. Starting May 1, toilet training will ...