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Authors: Sara Au and Peter L. Stavinoha
Publisher:
Amacom
ISBN: 978-0-8144-3666-0
“Resist comparisons to
other children’s progress: each child potty trains at his or her
own pace and processes differently,” Sara Au and Peter L.
Stravinoha write in their book, Stress-Free Potty Training: A
Commonsense Guide to Finding the Right Approach for Your Child.
At two hundred and twenty-four pages, this second edition paperback
targets parents going through the process of teaching a young child
about potty training. After an introduction and philosophy, there are
ten chapters, followed by a conclusion and index.
After
identifying one of five personality types in your child via a quiz,
tips are given regarding readiness and universal strategies. Chapters
on each personality of goal-directed, sensory-oriented, internalizer,
impulsive, and strong-willed are dissected. By thinking in the long
term, easing, or backing off, discussed are creature comforts, first
steps, accidents, pee versus poop, and advanced skills. The last two
chapters deal with common interruptions and overcoming challenges and
obstacles.
With
each child having different traits that mainly the parents notice,
this tailored-made source book offers suggestions of potty talk,
nakedtime, positive reinforcement, and persistence when dealing with
the young individual. I think a first time parent would glean the
most help from it, especially the table of the median age of learning
potty training skills and the shaded areas of “role playing”
discussions.
If you have a multitude of children (your own or
are a caregiver of them), you likely have the potty training system
down so there would be little learned from this guide.
Author
Au is a journalist specializing in parenting and health issues. She
is a mom that lives in Florida. Stavinoha is a pediatric
neuropsychologist, media contributor, and parenting expert who lives
in Texas.
A bullet-point summary or recap at the end of each
chapter would be helpful.
If you are a first time parent who
is to the potty-training stage raising your child, this would be a
good starting point. My copy will be gifted to my wonderful
strong-willed two-year-old granddaughter’s parents with hopes she
learns the task quickly.
Thanks to Bookpleasures, Amacom, and
the author for furnishing this complimentary book in exchange for a
review based on the reader’s honest opinion.
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