So is Potty Training or Potty Learning?

I recently had a discussion with a Le Leche Legue Mom and she said to me it that they refer to it as Potty Learning not Potty Training – and this is because "potty training" or "potty learning" is a developmental skill that is learnd by the child at his own pace and his own way.  And therefore it is potty learning.

Now potty training implies that the child is being trained to use the potty; but does it imply that the child is not learning??

I don’t think so.  I think if we debate this we would be getting caught up in the semantic and not the actually process.

Just to be clear – in my opinion – it is both – the child is learning how to use the potty, but is also being trained by the parent on what are acceptable behaviours and what is not.

So, I choose to use the works potty training simply because it is more common and more familiar.  AND by doing this I am not saying that the child is not indeed learning!! 

Thank God we live in a free world and have choices.  Choose the words that work for you!!

Narmin