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 ...

Learning how to use the potty is a milestone for both toddlers and parents. It really does feel like you've climbed Poop Everest by the time potty training is over. The moment you see the connection ...

Having potty-trained two kids, I think it's safe to say that toddlers who've been evacuating their systems into diapers for most of their lives are unreliable narrators at best. Yet, I am inclined to ...

He’s No. 1 when it comes to No. 2! A Flatbush expert on excrement will drop some knowledge about how to fix our crappy waste-filled world during his one-man talk “How the Potty Trained Us,” at Long ...