what country did they migrate in from?
well I sympathize ... there is no way this would be ok with the American Disabilities Act.
It didn’t, having been to kinder myself sending 3 kids through. Occasional accidents, yes, but no conscientious parent sends their 4-5 year old to school in diapers because they were never potty trained.
It happened a couple of times that I remember. Our teacher kept a spare pair of pants and underwear for the couple of times the kids peed their pants.
The teacher at my sub primary (kindergarten) had a pair of gray pants if a kid had an accident. I don’t recall them ever getting used.
I knew a guy that would regularly pee his pants in college, but that was when he passed out on the common room sofa and we’d dip his hand in a pitcher of warm water :)
The kids are gonna have a hard time as a result of the parents they have.
Well, the parent should have to pick up the child at school if there's an accident.
If legislation like this is passed, will it apply to elderly Presidents as well, or just apply to young children?
Lazy inattentive parents should themselves keep their un potty trained kids out of school. But if the kids are in school, the parents can indulge in their laziness.
Sad that a law needs to be passed to fix this kind of a problem.
Put it at the local school level...not legislation.
Toddlers in kindergarten???????
A 4 or 5 year old is NOT a toddler.
A child should be fully trained by the time they get into school.
That said, it may be the kids have learned that they either get sent hoe or get attention by having *accidents*. In a church I attended many years ago, there was one little girl who everyone knew was potty trained but hated nursery and would not stay in it. She learned very quickly that if she had an *accident, mom would come and take her out.
The mom kind of excused it away and laughed it off and the kid was a spoiled rotten brat. The mom was a pushover. I cannot imagine where that child is today in life.
I’m thinking this is some new parenting hippy trend among young women. Like vegan kids, or breast feeding till 5 or 6 years old. I bet at the root of this is some new Dr Spock kind of thing.
Toddlers don’t go to kindergarten.
I thought most kids were potty trained by age 2.
Without reading all the details, I can't disagree with this statement. Frankly I'm surprised that there needs to be a bill about it!
Why would a parent let their child get that age without knowing how to use a bathroom? That is a lot of extra work on the parent. I know there are some medical issues that could cause this, but those are rare.
I know a High School Special Ed teacher who vented about the family of a particular student. During the school year she would have him in control of his bathroom issues. He had specific times of the day he would go to the bathroom to relieve himself and his clothes stayed clean. He would be away from school for the summer and return in diapers.
But there seems to be a trend in parents thinking that the kids will potty train themselves "when they are ready".
It is stupid but what can you do.
The kid's school already has this rule in place and, since they are not government funded, it is not an issue.
When I was in 2nd grade, coming back from the Principal’s office going to class I came across a 1st grade kid who was crying loudly. The kid had just walked himself out of the boys room, pants around his ankles... he crapped himself. He didn’t know what to do - but I guess he knew enough not to pull his pants back up. But not skilled to clean himself and probably didn’t have a change of clothes anyway. He just stood there, crying loudly, half naked, covered in excrement.
I guess he was “potty trained”, but just didn’t make it to the pot in time. I did summon an adult to help and eventually his mother came. I guess the point is - accidents will sometimes happen. Even grown men will not make it in time. Though usually alcohol is involved in that.