Title: Snookered by Rhetoric and High Hopes
Product review: This book yielded nothing but tears for three days with my sweet 2yo son. The book was so convincing that I was sure it would work given enough time. Basically, you pump them up with fluids, reward with candy for dry pants, and shame with "fun" practice excercises for accidents.After three days of sugar-coated torture (for both us us) he went on to wear diapers for another year. Since then, two other children have learned to use the toilet with much less involvement from me (another son at 2.5yrs. and a daughter at 2yrs.)The only good idea I got from this book was to focus on dryness, not accidents. And, it was pretty cheap, so I didn't loose much money (just my son's self respect), hence the second star.
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