  This is the stupidest, least helpful commentary on potty training I've ever read. I only link so other parents can gape at the idiots who wrote it. The opening is just offensive, b/c by the numbers, the middle class family of four actually has less money now than they've ever had.
The advice is useless, too. Potty training is hard, and a doctor that says things like we "simply" did this and this clearly had a very devoted wife or nanny. urlLink The New York Times > Health > Mental Health & Behavior > Personal Health: Plan of Action Can Keep Toddlers Clean and Dry : "Many parents these days must have more disposable income than my husband and I had when our twin sons were toddlers three decades ago. Certainly today's parents use far more disposable products, especially disposable diapers, for far longer than we did.
And diaper companies, ever ready to expand their market, now produce diapers (about 25 cents each) and pull-ups (40 cents each) big enough for 4-year-olds, maybe even 5-year-olds.
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