The Stress-Free Potty Training: A Commonsense Guide to Finding the Right Approach for Your Child - Paperback

by Sara Au (Author), Peter Stavinoha (Author)

This helpful guide takes the stress out of this challenging rite of passage, giving parents much-needed advice to help them identify what approach will work for their child's temperament.

No two children experience the toilet-training process in exactly the same way. While some kids might be afraid to even go near the bathroom, others may know when to go...but still never seem to make it there in time.

In Stress-Free Potty Training, mother and journalist Sara Au and neuropsychologist Peter Stavinoha shows you how to:

• determine a child's readiness to begin potty training
• gradually move children past their existing comfort zone, without causing undue pressure
• handle accidents and temporary setbacks

This straight-talking guide enables you to help every child make this important life transition free of worry and in the way that's right for him or her.

Stress-Free Potty Training distinguishes between common childhood personality types, providing easy techniques tailor-fit for all kinds of kids, whether they're stubborn or willful, clinging to diapers, afraid to move on, or just late-bloomers.

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Rather than taking a 'one size fits all' approach to potty training, the authors recognize the importance of navigating this milestone with the best tools to fit each child's individual temperament.

-- Kristy S. Hagar, Ph.D., clinical child psychologist and co-author of Seven Steps to Help Your Child Worry Less "A guide to potty training that can lead to better parenting? By exploring dominant personality traits and encouraging parents to understand their own goals and desires, the authors of Stress-Free Potty Training teach parents the art of becoming better problem solvers and advocates for their children." -- Jackie Carroll, founder of the Orlando Adoption Network; adoption advocate and parent of five Filled with straight talk and practical advice, the second edition of Stress-Free Potty Training takes the anxiety out of this important life transition, helping you identify what approach will be most compatible with your child's temperament. Starting with a simple quiz, the book provides easy techniques tailor-fit for all kinds of kids, whether they're stubborn or willful, clinging to diapers, afraid to move on, or just late bloomers. The book shows you how to: Determine your child's readiness to begin potty training - Build on each success by gradually moving your child past his or her existing comfort zone (without adding undue pressure) - Be a positive potty role model - Handle accidents and temporary setbacks - And more Fully revised, the second edition includes brand new "Universal Strategies" . . . updated techniques for overcoming the common challenges and obstacles you're likely to face with your child . . . ways to utilize the latest apps and websites that can be helpful during training . . . pitfalls to avoid on social media . . . and up-to-the-minute guidance on how to deal with interruptions and problems throughout the process. This encouraging and practical guide helps you design a path around your own child's needs, allowing you to say goodbye to diapers . . . with as little stress as possible. PETER L. STAVINOHA, Ph.D., is a dad and a pediatric neuropsychologist at the Center for Pediatric Psychiatry at Children's Medical Center of Dallas, and Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. He is a regular media contributor for magazines and television, offering expert parenting advice on common issues facing children and families. He lives in Dallas. SARA AU is a mom and a journalist specializing in parenting and health issues. She lives in Orlando, Florida. Together, they are the authors of Stress-Free Discipline.

Author Biography

SARA AU is a mom and a journalist specializing in parenting and health issues. PETER L. STAVINOHA, PH.D., is a

dad and a pediatric neuropsychologist in the Center for Pediatric Psychiatry at Children's Medical Center of Dallas and Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Together, they are the authors of Stress-Free Discipline. Their site, stressfreeparent.com, features helpful articles, videos, podcasts--and even downloadable potty training charts.