Introduction and Philosophy

Parenting is all about teaching your children everything you can to help them become functioning members of society. From the moment they are born, every single act we do teaches them something, for better or worse. As babies, when they cry, we give them food.When they are tired, we rock them to sleep.When they pee and poop, we change their diaper.

Hmmmm . . . let’s think about that last one again. Until this point in their very short lives, they have learned that the correct thing to do is to eliminate waste into a diaper. We’ve taught them this lesson, and most of us have probably taught it well.Your children are so good at this skill, they probably don’t even think about it anymore.

That’s all about to change.

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