Toilet disasters involving young children feature in discussions for six in 10 parents. A new study of 1,000 parents with children up to age four found 31% regularly discuss potty-training mishaps while 29% share “poop disasters.” These incidents trigger stress in 27% of parents, anxiety in 17%, and upset feelings in 15%. To cope, 41% use humor and 32% text partners with baby poop updates. Emergency outfit changes feature in 32% of these messages, funny stories in 31%, smell descriptions in 27%, and color observations in 22%. Three-quarters of parents fear public potty incidents, with 35% performing emergency diaper changes in parking lots. (Story URL)
PHONE TOPIC: Do you have a gross kid disaster that you can share on the radio?