I Never Prepared My Kid To Go To The Bathroom Alone Before Kindergarten

Oh, crap. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Aug. 24, 2023 OH CRAP [I Never Prepared My Kid To Go To The Bathroom Alone Before Kindergarten]( Sometimes, as a parent, you just make an oversight. Sometimes you’re so focused on the big-picture stuff that you completely forget something small, but crucial and completely obvious… in retrospect, anyway. That’s the position Diana Park found herself in, when her son came home from the first week of kindergarten in a borrowed pair of pants because he’d had an accident. “My son had been potty trained for years and never had so much as an accident overnight, so I started searching my brain, wondering how that happened,” she writes. “Maybe he was so engrossed in the story sharing during circle time, he didn’t want to get up to go and miss anything. Maybe he was too shy to raise his hand and ask if he could go to the bathroom.” It was something much, much simpler. Read it, and I bet you’ve got a similar story about something. Kelly Faircloth, Executive Editor [Read More ⮕]( Latest CUTE! [A Baby Name Expert Predicts The Fastest-Rising Girl Names For 2024]( If you're having a baby next year, these are the up-and-coming trendiest names — and yes, a couple of them are inspired by “Barbie”. [Read More.]( MOTHER KNOWS BEST? [A Millennial Mom Quizzes Her Mom About Raising Kids In The ‘80s]( How did they survive without Google? [Read More.]( NO NO NO NO [A Couple Causes Uproar After Admitting They Don’t Sleep On Dedicated Sides Of The Bed]( “People say it’s the craziest thing they’ve ever heard.” [Read More.]( Featured REALLY GREAT ADVICE [A Parenting Coach Shares Her Single Best Tip For The First Week Of School]( Speaking of getting ready for school, I love this crucial tip from Dr. Chelsey Hauge-Zavaleta ([@drchelsey_parentinga]( on TikTok), a parenting coach and mom. It’s another one of those things that seems so obvious once you think about it, but it’s easy to get caught up in the back-to-school rush and lose sight of it: “If this is your child’s first or second week of school, you need to go easy, easy, easy, easy,” she begins in a recent video. Read the article for more. [Read More ⮕]( What We’re Reading ⮕ [The Brit Moms Of Instagram Saved Me]( ⮕ [How To Bounce Back From A Major Setback Stronger Than Ever]( ⮕ [Should We Really Be Worried About Picky Eaters?]( Follow us on: [Want to Advertise With Us? Get in Touch.]( You're receiving this email because you signed up to receive communications from BDG Media. If you believe this has been sent to you in error, please safely [unsubscribe](. Or to manage preferences click [here]( BDG Media, Inc. · 315 Park Ave. South · New York, NY 10010 · USA Copyright 2023 BDG Media, Inc. All rights reserved.