I hear frequently from parents who are trying to toilet train that the child is having some success. Namely, parents will say the child has learned how to pee on the potty, and has no wet accidents.

The source of their distress? A small child who is trying to learn how to poop like a member of modern society. Ask any parent who has had to do multiple loads of particularly unpleasant laundry, or ...

While potty training her third child, Wendy Sweeney teamed up with a neighbor who was embarking on the same milestone with her own toddler. That unconventional play date 12 years ago at Sweeney's West ...

The whole concept of potty training is daunting, and a little bit insane. As parents, we are responsible for teaching our children many tools they will use their entire life, and proper potty ...

According to Geering, potty talk can mean different things to different families, but in general it refers to the popular habit among children of striking up uncouth conversation—you know, the kind ...

Welcome to Ask Dr. Harvey Karp, our new fatherhood advice column at Esquire, where the author of The Happiest Baby on the Block and creator of the SNOO answers your burning questions about parenting.

One dad attempts 3 day potty training on his 2.5-year-old daughter. Read his story here: After dozens of diaper rashes, hundreds of kicks to the face and precisely four poop stains on the carpet, my ...