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Slate's Care & Feeding, February 22 2024, “I’m Shocked by What Parents Are Supposedly Doing With Potty Training Now.”

Slate's Care & Feeding, February 22 2024, “I’m Shocked by What Parents Are Supposedly Doing With Potty Training Now.”

The LW is shocked, and Care & Feeding scarcely helps at all.

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Slate's Care & Feeding, February 22 2024, “I’m Shocked by What Parents Are Supposedly Doing With Potty Training Now.”
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Link to the original letter here.

My take: Despite Slate’s photo of the toddler with his arm deep in the toilet bowl, which I confess I find hilarious, the letter isn’t really about that. Rather, this LW has a daughter who used to work in day care, and the daughter reports that parents today are AWOL on potty training. The LW is also shocked that Utah w…

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