Home Hot Topics Articles Directors' Choice Awards About Us / Contact Us Activities & Curriculum Activities for Outcome-Based Learning Arts & Crafts Music for Learning Recommended Reading Sharing Boards: What Do YOU Think? NEWSlink Current National News Conference Calendar Topics In Early Childhood Education Art and Creativity in Early Childhood Education Job Sharing Board State Licensing Requirements Stay Connected! Each month we'll send you an email filled with articles and ideas for your classroom. Subscribe Now Date: 1/9/2006 4:48:00 PM Author: Soon to be psychologist Subject: Thats real nice Brittany Let me tell you something little girl, If a child was doing it on purpose (wetting the bed at night to get attention, or to spite their parents) then I would be willing to bet there's a pretty good chance that you would probably find them lying on the floor by morning (if they were still sleeping) and not still in their bed. Who would want to sleep in the urine soaked sheets unless they didn't know they were wet??? Do you think they want to get skin rashes from the salt in their own pee??? Even if you did find them lying on the ground with their bed wet, if they are about 9 years old, how would you know that they didn't wake up wet early in the morning, then change into dry clothes and lay on the floor just to avoid being cold and miserable in the wet sheets (I think that's what I would do). Sometimes children do regress to these behaviors for attention (especially if they have a new younger sibling), but where do you get off making allegations like that about children that you know nothing about. Children that have this problem suffer from embarrassment and emotional distress just about every day; if they had no shame or embarrassment, then I would think otherwise (regression). You, of many people, have no idea what goes on in a little child's mind, and you have neither the knowledge nor the capacity whatsoever required to fix this problem. Punishing an innocent child (physically or emotionally) will make them feel worse about themselves, and in the long run will prolong the problem. I don't know who you think you are, but from a psychologist's point of view based on your attitude, I would think that you were an only child, and that you are just some teenager looking for people to kick around (I could be wrong of course). Your problem is that you are so judgemental and cold hearted, you could never be a parent. That message you posted was very inappropriate and immature; what do you think would happen if some new inexperienced parent found your post and missed this one? (nothing legal of course, but you may have some guilt to live with later in life). The bottom line is ---if you have nothing constructive to say, then don't say anything at all--- Discussion is over. Name: Email: Subject

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