By Steve K
Published by Road Trip Survival Enjoying the Entire Trip
NOVEMBER 19, 2013
If there’s one thing you simply can’t avoid on a road trip it’s public bathrooms. Nobody enjoys playing gas station bathroom roulette ...
For kids, public bathrooms are even more dicey. After screaming they have to go for the last 15 miles, you hastily pull into the rest stop only to find your child is too afraid of public bathrooms to actually go. Young children in particular may balk in an unfamiliar restroom ...
Here are five things I have learned trying to get the kids to “just go already ..."
1. Understand the Potty Fear. The important thing to realize when a kid is afraid of public toilets, it’s a genuine fear. Think about public bathrooms for just a minute. They’re noisy, sometimes not exactly spotless and full of strangers coming and going.
2. Potty Engineering. My son’s particular phobia is loud auto-flushing toilets ... The first thing I do when I take him to the bathroom is check the flushing mechanism. If it’s a manual handle, I show him that we control when it flushes ...Most automatic flushers have a manual activation switch, so we’ll do a test flush to see how loud the toilet is. If that doesn’t work, I have a high-tech solution: Take a pack of Post-it notes with you and cover the motion detector on the auto flush ...
3. BYO cleaning. Dirty public bathrooms is more of a hangup of my daughter for obvious reasons. Let’s face it, every now and again you’re going to run into a public bathroom that is a little less than tidy ...
4. Companion Restrooms. Many rest areas have “family” or companion restrooms. These are private restrooms with a locking door ...
5. Be Prepared for Defeat. Let’s face it, even with all the family restrooms in the world, accidents will happen. Whether you have the most stubborn of balkers or just a kid who’s really bad at estimating their bodies, there’s always a chance this whole thing ends badly ...
Read full article at Road Trip Survival Enjoying the Entire Trip
Published by Road Trip Survival Enjoying the Entire Trip
NOVEMBER 19, 2013
If there’s one thing you simply can’t avoid on a road trip it’s public bathrooms. Nobody enjoys playing gas station bathroom roulette ...
For kids, public bathrooms are even more dicey. After screaming they have to go for the last 15 miles, you hastily pull into the rest stop only to find your child is too afraid of public bathrooms to actually go. Young children in particular may balk in an unfamiliar restroom ...
Here are five things I have learned trying to get the kids to “just go already ..."
1. Understand the Potty Fear. The important thing to realize when a kid is afraid of public toilets, it’s a genuine fear. Think about public bathrooms for just a minute. They’re noisy, sometimes not exactly spotless and full of strangers coming and going.
2. Potty Engineering. My son’s particular phobia is loud auto-flushing toilets ... The first thing I do when I take him to the bathroom is check the flushing mechanism. If it’s a manual handle, I show him that we control when it flushes ...Most automatic flushers have a manual activation switch, so we’ll do a test flush to see how loud the toilet is. If that doesn’t work, I have a high-tech solution: Take a pack of Post-it notes with you and cover the motion detector on the auto flush ...
3. BYO cleaning. Dirty public bathrooms is more of a hangup of my daughter for obvious reasons. Let’s face it, every now and again you’re going to run into a public bathroom that is a little less than tidy ...
4. Companion Restrooms. Many rest areas have “family” or companion restrooms. These are private restrooms with a locking door ...
5. Be Prepared for Defeat. Let’s face it, even with all the family restrooms in the world, accidents will happen. Whether you have the most stubborn of balkers or just a kid who’s really bad at estimating their bodies, there’s always a chance this whole thing ends badly ...
Read full article at Road Trip Survival Enjoying the Entire Trip
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