Why Do Parents Push PT?

[Ariana]

I quickly discovered how annoying it is to have a child who uses the toilet when we were out and about and she turns and says "I need to go" in the middle of nowhere!! To me that is much harder to deal with when you have a new baby than changing a diaper which you can do at your convenience!! I would have gladly had her diapers with a newborn but she was 3.5 so I didn't have much choice

[Ariana]

https://www.daycare.com/nannyde/pott...to-parents.htm

These kids can barely even say the word potty, let alone know how to ask to go.

They aren't meeting half of the developmental milestones they should be meeting but PT is the top priority. Drives me nuts!!

[ColorfulSunburst]

Today I change only infants diapers. All others 10 kids used potties. Even 3.3 yo twins, who still use diapers.
I do not care that two of my kids do not inform me that they need go to toilette. I also do not ask them "do you want...?" I just say that it is time to use their potties. That's it. After my request they do everything by themselves.

[Play Care]

IME, kids who are not ready are extremely resistant. And I never ask anyone to do something that's not an option so it's not as if there's "confusion" over how I'm approaching them (and frankly I'm over the idea that asking a child nicely to do something initially or using "okay" at the end of a sentence causes confusion or makes them think it's a choice - they know better and we're not giving them enough credit but I digress ) in any event I'm not dragging kids kicking and screaming to the potty.

I actually am one who will PT a kid showing readiness signs here even if the parents are not. But only because I know a kid who is ready does it quickly and very soon makes less work for me.