Mum sparks furious debate over professional potty trainer ad
It’s that testing time in a parent’s life that can strike fear in their hearts and make their washing machines go into overdrive.
But one mum’s approach to potty train her child hasn’t gone down well, after she posted an online ad seeking a professional to help teach her three-year-old how to use the toilet.
In an ad that’s since gone viral, the UK-based mum put out the request on childcare.co.uk, looking for a professional with extensive experience to help her and her husband - and warning their child didn’t respond well to authority.
“Both of us work full time in demanding jobs,” the woman writes in the ad.
“We have previously tried to toilet train her, but unfortunately due to our busy careers we’ve realised we simply do not have the time to do so.
“We are very conscious that our daughter should be using a toilet by now, and with the in laws coming over for Christmas, I am desperate to get her fully using the toilet by the 23rd December.”
The mum admits she’s happy to pay the right candidate whatever it takes.
“We are willing to pay the professional coach £50/hour [AU$90] to get her trained by the 23rd and if successful by this date we will also pay a handsome bonus!
"[Ten] hours of training, over five days per week would be ideal, but we are flexible and are willing to be negotiable for the right person.”
With the ad soon going viral, UK TV show This Morning spoke to a professional potty trainer who charges $890 a day, who says some of the parents are “very desperate” when they come to her.
However the idea of using a professional to toilet train your child didn’t go down well with some viewers, who took to Twitter with claims it was "madness".
It’s not lazy to ask for HELP but to pay someone to do it all for you is weird and not positive parenting at all. Very strange concept to me. I’m looking forward to potty training ! It’s about my daughter growing up and learning new things and becoming an independent human ! :)
— Rachel (@rach_hopper) December 6, 2017
#ThisMorning I think this potty training is madness, I have potty trained 4 children, whatever next.
— sharon drake (@sharonie1969) December 6, 2017
@thismorning a parents responsibility involves providing children with lifeskills, potty training comes under that bracket! I Couldn’t imagine letting anyone else potty train my children #peegate
— beverley hill (@bevhill) December 6, 2017
Professional potty training - parents with more money than sense, missing out on the sense of achievement you would get from teaching your own kid to use the toilet, no idea why you’d want a stranger putting your child on the toilet. #thismorning
— Lucy (@xMissLucy) December 6, 2017
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