Welcome to Ask Dr. Harvey Karp, our new fatherhood advice column at Esquire, where the author of The Happiest Baby on the ...

Congratulations. After ample "commando" time, 937 readings of Potty Time with Elmo and more accidents than you care to remember, your child has been successfully potty trained. So why, you may be ...

Whether your child picks it up quickly, or resists graduating from diapers, potty training is a stage of parenting that typically can’t be avoided—no matter how much we want to skip right over it.

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Improved verbal skills, even if they’re still toddler-speak (“I poo now”), mean your toddler is in tune with his body, another potty training readiness signal. Others kids communicate through less ...

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