Juliette Rayner
CHIEF EXECUTIVE, ERIC, THE CHILDREN’S BOWEL & BLADDER CHARITY
Over the last century, the average age that children are being toilet trained has risen from 12-18 months to an average of around three or even four years today.
School staff are diverting 2.5 hours a day, on average, away from teaching and towards supporting children who are not toilet trained. This has a knock-on effect on pupils, who lose around a third of learning time each day.
It’s important that potty training is done early for the benefit of children and those around them, so why isn’t it happening in all cases?
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