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A Message to Parents of Children with Soiling and Encopresis: setting realistic expectations

by Michelle Daum | Aug 30, 2014 | behavior, Encopresis, Laxatives, soiling, toilet training, withholding

It is gen­er­al­ly hard for par­ents to under­stand and accept the behav­ioral com­po­nents of with­hold­ing and soiling/encopresis. Over and over again, I am told: “ He can’t feel the poop”, “She didn’t know she had an acci­dent”, “She doesn’t mind sit­ting in...

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The Daum Program is for you if:

  • Your child withholds stool
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