Book Review: Toliet Training: A Practical Guide For Daytime And Nighttime Training By Vicki Lansky

Toilet Training: A Practical Guide to Daytime and Nighttime Training
By Vicki Lansky

This short overview provides a good general guide to a subject that many new parents approach with apprehension, if not outright dread. Lansky does a good job of reassuring parents that whatever their particular toilet training issue, they are almost certainly not alone.

She takes the approach that each child and each set of circumstances is different. So instead of prescribing a single effective method, Lansky gives an overview of the different techniques that have been popularized in other books on child psychology. While her approach is even-handed and inclusive, it is not a very decisive one. The idea that there is no single universal solution is a major part of her point, but some readers may still get frustrated with the lack of specific recommendations beyond "try what works for you".

Still for someone without a clue as to where to start, this book provided a good introduction to the topic and nicely laid out the likely (and less likely but still worrisome) challenges and complications, all while keeping a calm and reassuring tone.

Toilet Training: A Practical Guide For Daytime And Nighttime Training was book #16 in my goal of reading 50 books in 2010