Toilet Training in Healthy Children
Abstract
Toilet training is an important stage in child development. The training period can create a struggle for the families. Unfortunately, evidence based literature is scarce. All healthy children can eventually get toilet trained without any medical intervention. The way to approach the matter has evolved in parallel with the changes in parenting styles, medical tendencies and social opportunities. From supportive methods to very disciplinarian ones, from children oriented ways to experimental ones there are many tendencies. There is not one definite remedy since the level of readiness of children vary and the dynamics of each family differ. Family doctors and pediatricians should help and guide throughout the process which may, otherwise, cause friction.
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