It Hurts When I Poop!: A Story for Children Who Are Scared to Use the Potty Cover
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It Hurts When I Poop! A Story for Children Who Are Scared to Use the Potty

Howard J. Bennett

iParenting Media Award Winner Ryan is scared to use the potty. He is afraid to have a poop, because he's afraid it's going to hurt. He does NOT want to go. This story, along with Ryan's "poop program," will help young children gain the confidence they need to overcome this common problem and establ...

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Monday Morning Podcast

Bill described it as a book for potty training, that he didn't recommend, as he believed it scared children into being afraid to poop, reinforcing the fear.

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I swear to God there's a book called It Hurts When I Poop.

— Episode: Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcas...

Episode: Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 1-2-20

Bill described it as a book for potty training, that he didn't recommend, as he believed it scared children into being afraid to poop, reinforcing the fear.

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I swear to God there's a book called It Hurts When I Poop.

I don't recommend this book by the way I don't.

They don't know what's going on and then you read this fucking book and his face in my my opinion All it does is it just reinforces the fact that Oh This kid scared good. I'm scared too. It's okay to be scared.

So then the doctor tells some fucking story about a coyote or something named Bill Who when he lived at home with his parents, he was totally neat and then he fucking lived on his own He lived like an absolute slob And then there was nowhere to sleep his cat had to sleep on his fucking head and it said the mess was like a bully You know getting in the way of all of his fun. It's like no It wasn't you don't create a bully a bully just comes to you this dude creates the mess So then he cleans up the mess And asked and then he decides he should give himself a party You know because he finally cleaned up his fucking house and decided to live, you know, not live like an animal But then again, he is a coyote, right?

Episode: Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 1-2-20

It was described as a potty training book that featured illustrations of poop in the toilet, and it was mentioned that the book did not seem to help with the child's fear of using the bathroom, instead reinforcing negative feelings.

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I swear to God there's a book called It Hurts When I Poop.

I don't recommend this book by the way I don't It just it reinforces the kids get scared like They're scared to go to the bathroom the first time but like going number one is not a big a deal Number two freaks them out like they feel like their insides are falling out They don't know what's going on and then you read this fucking book and his face in my my opinion All it does is it just reinforces the fact that Oh This kid scared good. I'm scared too. It's okay to be scared.

It's like basically the kid comes in and he basically says it hurts when he poops All right You know if he has to poop he tries not to poop and then he gets a fucking stomach ache it goes on forever So then the doctor tells some fucking story about a coyote or something named Bill Who when he lived at home with his parents, he was totally neat and then he fucking lived on his own He lived like an absolute slob And then there was nowhere to sleep his cat had to sleep on his fucking head and it said the mess was like a bully You know getting in the way of all of his fun.

so I don't know I Have to hide that book because she always picks that book and it's driving me up the fucking wall It goes on forever. The metaphor doesn't make us any sense and the resolution doesn't hit hard enough All right doesn't hit hard like a hard shit hitting the fucking toilet water that they draw in the goddamn book Sorry, I know that was graphic But that's my world.

Episode: Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 1-2-20

It was described as a potty training book for children, with illustrations of poop in the toilet, and a coyote named Bill as a metaphor for cleaning up a messy house. Bill found the story's resolution and metaphor unconvincing.

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I swear to God there's a book called it hurts when I poop

I don't recommend this book by the way I don't It just it reinforces the kids get scared like They're scared to go to the bathroom the first time but like going number one is not a big a deal Number two freaks them out like they feel like their insides are falling out

All it does is it just reinforces the fact that Oh This kid scared good. I'm scared too. It's okay to be scared.

So then the doctor tells some fucking story about a coyote or something named Bill Who when he lived at home with his parents, he was totally neat and then he fucking lived on his own He lived like an absolute slob And then there was nowhere to sleep his cat had to sleep on his fucking head and it said the mess was like a bully You know getting in the way of all of his fun.

I have to hide that book because she always picks that book and it's driving me up the fucking wall It goes on forever.

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