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Then how do Asian kids do it by age 1?

• Someone1234 9y ago
  I assume you're referring to China, since "Asia" is a big and diverse place. The Chinese use elimination training, or "potty on demand." You place the kid over the potty, make a specific sound they associate with going potty (you created the association previously) and they go. You then repeat this enough times in a day to eliminate the need for diapers. I don't think elimination training is potty training. In potty training you're teaching the kid to tell YOU when they need to go, in elimination you are telling THEM when to go. Plus in potty training they're doing "active holding" whereas in elimination you're aiming for things to never get to that stage by going "potty on demand" enough throughout a day. I think elimination training is very interesting and some parents have had great success mixing elimination with diapers to reduce the amount of accidents/cost. But even if they're trained on the elimination technique, they'd still need to be potty trained later, it just might be easier (since, again, you're asking them to tell you, rather than you tell them).
  • ataturk 9y ago
    The Chinese also let kids roam around diaper-less and just shit and piss wherever. I have a hard time buying into the idea that the Chinese have anything to teach anyone about anything at this point in history. The whole place is a falling down mess, and now it's a dictatorship besides. And yes, I do/did have some very close friends from Mainland China, but always like the Taiwanese better.
  • kolpa 9y ago
    It's elimination communication, not elimination training :) The concept, as you explain, is that the caregiver is alert to cues that a poop is coming, and moves the child to the potty.