Reply from Mr John(Papa), Child's Age xx - 12/31/02 - IP#: 67.28.93.60Sharon: Thank you MAGGIE! Thank you MAGGIE for your observations and insight for SHARON. There has been much, much said here in this post and I would not want to elaborate with, say, contrarietry. But, Sharon, I will say this. There are many parents who have the same "problem", or certainly the circumstance, that you are experiencing. Many of course have no difficulty for one reason or the other, but then many do have a trying time and manage to resolve the matter somehow. In such cases, one finds in these posts that there is often an unpleasantness in some manner involved. It normally is tolerated by the parent because he/she knows that it has to be in order to resolve a diffficult matter and that it really would be best for the child as well. If you don't mind, in one reply I made to a mom with a disagreeable situation, I said,"Stop knocking youself out"! and so on....I meant it! Moms or parents usually find that some sort of coersion is necessary(sorry to say)and I do not know how else to put it, but they get it done and everybody, parent and child alike in most cases, find it works the best and never look back. Now, for the case at hand, you could make a very soft appeal to the youngster(use your imagination)and you may have already done that, or that you are no longer going to deal with wet sheets every night nor wet clothing during the day. That he is old enough to help you and himself. That is the rule. You enforce it!!!....mr j |