Are you a brickwall, jellyfish or backbone family when it comes to potty training?
A Brickwall Family – puts pressure in the form of tangible rewards and punishments for mistakes. Rewards for example, would be something like, If you are dry all week, I will take you to get ice cream. Stickers everytime they use the potty, things like that. Punishment is emotional abuse, verbal disapproval, humiliation, comparing, withholding of love and affection, threats of physical punishment. This is not a productive way to approach potty training. Urine release and bowel movements are normal physiological functions that require physiological maturity, just as learning to ride a bike requires physical maturity. A Jellyfish Family –turns process of potty training over to daycare provider, inconsistency in potty training – For example, the child is reminded to go sometimes but sometimes not, or told to hold it until she gets home or just go in the diaper if it is inconvenient to find a potty. May not be excited about potty training until child has to be potty trained to attend schoo
