Whether your child picks it up quickly, or resists graduating from diapers, potty training is a stage of parenting that typically can’t be avoided—no matter how much we want to skip right over it.

Q. "My 3-year-old granddaughter is afraid of the bathroom, so we are having a terrible time potty-training her. She cries when we try to take her." -- A grandmother in Buffalo, N.Y. A. Switch to a ...

Many children experience constipation during potty training, which may occur due to anxiety about using the potty. Providing support, comfort, praise, and routine to a child can help. If a child feels ...

Parents preparing to send their kids to kindergarten this fall should add one more item to their checklist: ensuring their children are completely potty trained. Starting May 1, toilet training will ...

Potty training is one of many practical skills children are encouraged to develop before starting school, but many are arriving in the classroom still needing help. A 2024 survey of 1,000 primary ...