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Focus on dispute over duration of toilet training between John Rosemond, syndicated family psychologist and best-selling author of parenting books, and noted pediatrician Dr T Berry Brazelton; Rosemond, who favors simple and straightforward approach, says increasing tendency for parents to leave timing of toilet training up to child is largely responsible for rise in toilet-training difficulties and other discipline problems; Brazelton says parents should be flexible and that toddlers should not be rushed; says parents who force toilet training can cause lasting problems; disagreements have fed multibillion-dollar diaper industry, which had training-pant sales of $545 million in 1998; have spurred introduction of giant-sized diaper, designed for toddlers well past two years of age; over last few decades, age at which toddlers become diaper-free has been creeping upward; 92 percent of children in 1957 were toilet-trained by age of 18 months, compared with 4 percent for current two-year-olds; Philadelphia study finds only 60 percent of children have achieved mastery of toilet by 36 months, and 2 percent remain untrained at age of 4 years; photo (M)

If you worry about how to teach your kid to use the potty, well, worry no more because there is surely a potty training method that will fit your little one.

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What parenting milestone really instills fear and intimidation? Potty training. Moms and dads worry about big (public) messes, stressful tantrums and a long, drawn out battle for the bowl — and sometimes that's just what it takes.  "We started to train Lee when he turned 2 but quickly gave up. He was ...