C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital poll explores parents’ potty training experiences

The University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital published a report July 21 on a national poll of parental attitudes toward health issues involving children. The report centered on experiences with potty training, defining potty trained children as those who know how to use the toilet and no longer need to wear diapers. Parents with children ages 1 through 6 were asked about starting ages, methods used and challenges faced.

Of the poll respondents, 51% said potty training was about what they expected, 26% said it was easier and 22% said it was harder. While 39% of parents reported no difficulties with the process, 31% reported their most common issue was a lack of child cooperation. In an interview with The Michigan Daily, Dr. Jill Noble, Michigan Medicine general pediatric