I've just read à very thought provoking article in the Guardian from 2006. It talks about potty training in different cultures and how, for practical including economic reasons, many societies train their infants to wee and poo into a potty from a very early age.
Western society has got hung up on doing this after psychoanalysis theorised that early potty training can mess with your child's head and screw them up.
Does anyone have a view on this? I'm inclined to think that it's not ideal for a baby to poo into a nappy for many months or to have its legs hoisted up and their parent toil over rank smells while they passively just allow it to flow. I'm not squeamish by the way? I'm curious to know if people think it's harmful to gently start the process before the first birthday.
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2bfather · 03/09/2018 20:13
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