can give depends on the age of the child. Age also tends to determine
how much privacy your child needs. Kids under the age of twenty-
four months generally need less. From twenty-four months on, each
passing month will bring your child more self-awareness. More
awareness usually means they need more privacy. Offering your child
privacy can be as simple as “forgetting” something in the other room
once your child is situated on the potty. Alternately, you can close
the bathroom door.
Simply put, too often, especially during potty training, there’s a
glaring spotlight on a very personal function. But again, that’s just
one little piece of the pooping puzzle.
Your Poop Values
What the heck are poop values, right? This is a term I made up to
describe your family’s view on poop. Do you like poop? Is pooping a
joke in your house? (It’s better if it is.) When someone goes into the
bathroom and leaves a big stink behind, do you talk about the
elephant in the room, or do you just not say anything? Are your the
sort of family who, when someone farts, everyone pretends it didn’t
happen? Are you the kind of person who can only poop at home?
Simply put, are you embarrassed by poop, or is it just one of those
things?
In general, we are a culture that disdains poop. Attitudes aside,
though, it’s a vital bodily function that allows us to eliminate the
waste products of our digestion. To quote John Robbins, “You aren’t
what you eat. You are what you don’t shit.”