Maternal expectations and attitudes toward toilet training: a comparison between clinic mothers and private practice mothers.
Mothers at inner city clinics differ from middle-class suburban mothers with private pediatricians in their attitudes and expectations regarding toilet training, such as the ideal age to initiate bladder and bowel training, ideal age for completion of toilet training, response to the child who soils after a program of toilet training has been initiated, and source of information to guide in toilet training. Possible explanations to account for these differences are explored; the implications for training health personnel are discussed.
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Pediatric Ambulatory Care Division, Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Babies Hospital, Children's Medical and Surgical Center of New York, New York, N.Y., USA.
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D001290:Attitude; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital; D011331:Private Practice; D014039:Toilet Training