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I once met a wonderful woman who had been teaching toddlers and two year olds in a child care center in the Dayton, Ohio, region for 23 years. She proudly announced that she had personally toilet trained about half the adult population of Dayton! Granted, this may be an exaggeration; but certainly, if you work with children in that age range, toilet learning is one of the things that dominates your time with children. You do become an expert at this - an auspicious distinction! And, yes, it can be hard to resist the temptation when you see that handsome teenager in the supermarket or at a community event to announce loudly, "Why, I potty-trained you!"This is one area where parents will often turn to you for your expertise. It does tend to be easier for children to learn to use the toilet when they are in child care and can watch other children use it successfully. Indeed, the toilet is a fascinating thing to toddlers! They love the cause and effect of pushing the lever and seeing the water and contents go flushing down the hole.
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