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Diapers, potties and split pants: Understanding toilet training around the world may help parents relax

  • Written by Alma Gottlieb, Professor Emerita of Anthropology, African Studies, and Gender and Women's Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
imageChill: There's no one right way.David D, CC BY

Are two-year-olds too young to start toilet training?

For many children, yes. Especially boys. At least, that’s what American pediatricians would likely say. Nowadays, only around half of children in the U.S. are fully toilet-trained by age three.

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