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- The term potty training has
been around for a long time,

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and to be honest we don't love it

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just because it isn't accurate.

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- You're not training
a dog to sit and stay;

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you're teaching a child,

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a little human being with
lots of big feelings,

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opinions, and a personality.

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And when we teach children a new skill,

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we want to teach the exact same way

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you would teach them, say, the ABCs.

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- Yes, that is the perfect
way to think about it,

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because when you teach
your kid to say the ABCs

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you don't expect them to know

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all 26 letters all at once the first time.

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You also don't give them a Skittle

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every time they say a letter correctly.

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We'll cover rewards later, promise.

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- No, instead you repeat it over and over.

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You make it fun by singing
the letters together.

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You assume that they're going
to stumble over parts of it

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or forget some of the letters.

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- And when they do mess
up, you don't get stressed

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because you know this
is a learning process,

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and you'll simply encourage
them to keep trying

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while teaching them how to do it.