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Fascinating. I'm not sure what would drive someone to do this, since until the child can actually go to the toilet on their own, you haven't achieved the actual
by allturtles 7mo ago
Fascinating. I'm not sure what would drive someone to do this, since until the child can actually go to the toilet on their own, you haven't achieved the actual point (IMO) of the training.
- noemit 7mo agoShe had only cloth diapers, no washing machine, she had to wash them by hand and boil them to disinfect them. I guess the time lost just waiting for me to go was better than the time lost doing all that cleaning. I was her second so she had experience doing this.
- allturtles 7mo agoI hadn't considered that. I can see how without modern conveniences the tradeoff would make sense.
- trollbridge 7mo agoNot having to change poopy nappies is a powerful motivator.
- throwaway173738 7mo agoThe point would be to not clean diapers.
- KaiserPro 7mo agoManual labour of cleaning clothes without either a dedicated washing machine, and probably no access to a tumble drier. That seems like a reasonable motivation to me