Have you ever encouraged a boy to refuse or resist potty training, or tried to delay or sabotage his potty training?

Number of responses received: 33

Response	Count	Percent	Graph
Yes, and I was successful	10	30.3%
Yes, but I was only briefly successful	5	15.2%
I tried, but was not successful	2	6.1%
I thought about it, but didn't do it	6	18.2%
No	10	30.3%
Total:	33

On which boys have you tried to delay or sabotage their potty training?

Response	Count	Percent	Graph
Brothers	9	27.3%
Cousins	9	27.3%
Boys I've babysat	12	36.4%
Friends	6	18.2%
Brothers of friends	4	12.1%
Other	9	27.3%

Which propaganda or other methods have you used to try to delay or sabotage potty training?

Response	Count	Percent	Graph
Tell him good things about using diapers	13	39.4%
Tell him bad things about using a toilet	13	39.4%
Make bathrooms inaccessible or unavailable to him, refuse bathroom requests	11	33.3%
Keep him diapered	16	48.5%
Tell him that lots of other boys wear diapers	12	36.4%
Have him around other boys (including yourself) who wore diapers	9	27.3%
Have him stay in just diapers to increase his awareness of them	13	39.4%
Show him pictures or tell him stories about diapered boys	6	18.2%
Involve others in the effort (e.g. his siblings)	7	21.2%
Other	8	24.2%

What were the ages of the boys whose potty training you tried to sabotage?

Response	Count	Percent	Graph
Under 2 years old	4	12.1%
2 to 2� years old	6	18.2%
2� to 3 years old	10	30.3%
3 to 3� years old	8	24.2%
3� to 4 years old	7	21.2%
4 to 5 years old	6	18.2%
5 to 6 years old	5	15.2%
More than 6 years old	13	39.4%

Did any of these boys ever catch on to what you were doing?

Response	Count	Percent	Graph
Yes	3	8.8%
Not sure, but he might have known	7	20.6%
Not sure at all	3	8.8%
No	21	61.8%
Total:	34

Did any of these boys' parents ever catch on to what you were doing?

Response	Count	Percent	Graph
Yes, because I was caught or he ratted me out	4	12.5%
Yes, because I voluntarily confessed	0	0.0%
Not sure, but they might have known	5	15.6%
Not sure at all	4	12.5%
No	19	59.4%
Total:	32

Describe how you have tried to sabotage a boy's potty training:

Name	Age	Answer
Wannabe	14	Locking the bathroom door
Dkbaby	21	i make him wear it days n nites
		Kept him diapered
		keeping the bathroom door locked
jessica	12	i tried to potty trining my brother and i put him in baby diapers.
steve	13	Warned my brother about getting sucked down the drain, told him how lucky he was to still get diapers
Jim	22	I used to put my little brother's hand in warm water every night after he fell asleep to make him wet the bed so mom would make him wear a diaper.
Diaperking5	20	I tried to get him to wet his pants so I didn't let him use the bathroom
The Boy Nanny	17	I never forced anyone to wear diapers (not including punishments) but persuading them has always worked for me.
Gejoe	57	encouraged them to use the diapers the were wearing and tell them it was okay to wet thier bed.
diaperpail	14	it felt good
Marc	16	while baby sitting them, I simply put them in diapers, whether needed or not. I also incouraged mothers & dads to wait on potty training till later, or not at all. I have told mothers, that keeping their sons in diapers also very much helps to keep them disciplined & under their control.

How did the boy(s) react to your efforts to delay or sabotage his potty training?

Name	Age	Answer
Wannabe	14	Didn't know what I was talking about
Dkbaby	21	he is happy in nappy
		he would cry and scream to go to the potty untill he finally wet/pooped himself
jessica	12	i keep him in baby diapers.
steve	13	He wasn't potty trained untill he was almost five
Jim	22	He had no idea that I was doing it. He always thought that he was just a bedwetter who needed to wear disposable diapers to keep his bed dry.
Diaperking5	20	He reacted better than I thought he would
The Boy Nanny	17	they liked the idea of wearind diapers.
Gejoe	57	They thought it was neat being able to use thier diapers and not get in trouble for it.
		the boys I delt with enjoyed wearing diapers
diaperpail	14	he like it
Marc	16	Near all accepted it well & happily, & just went ahead & let me diaper them, a very few at the very first wined & whimperd then turned happy & acceptable of being diapered. & not not being potty trained, they didn't know the difference & that wearing diapers was in any way abnormal.

How did the boy'(s) parents react to his delayed potty training? What were the consequences on your part?

Name	Age	Answer
Wannabe	14	Nothing happened
Dkbaby	21	i get scold
		Fine it was my son
		didnt care
jessica	12	i keep him in baby diapers.
steve	13	I was punished by being made to wear diapers
Jim	22	They put him back in disposable diapers. I suffered no consequences because they didn't find out what I was doing.
Diaperking5	20	They never knew
The Boy Nanny	17	None of the parents ever noticed it was my doing that caused their children to neglect potty training.
		They were ok with it
diaperpail	14	they thought the boy was doing it

Describe how you felt after doing this (guilty, wanted to do it again, etc.):

Name	Age	Answer
Wannabe	14	VERY GUILTY
Dkbaby	21	want to do it
		My wife and I decided to keep him diapered while overseas. It is more common in Germany that here. He is still diapered for trips and at night 8pm. There are no medical problems, he is 13 and wears them some weekends on his own.
		do it again
jessica	12	no.
steve	13	I'd do it again in a heart-beat
Jim	22	It was funny. My 7 year old brother was being diapered every single night by his mommy because he would pee in his bed if he didn't wear a diaper. It was so funny to see him wearing just a wet disposable diaper when he woke up in the morning and hearing mom call him a baby for wetting his diaper.
Diaperking5	20	I wanted to try it on a couple of my friends at the time
The Boy Nanny	17	I felt good because i think its my job to do things like this.
Gejoe	57	It made me want to wear and use diaper too like they were.
diaperpail	14	it felt good and i want to do it again
Marc	16	Most all parents, today accept the Idea, of waiting on potty training, till later, & basically, just keeping their boy in diapers, as they the parent just doesn't have the time.

Average Age of respondents to this question:	25.3
Range of ages of respondents:	12 -  57

Age Distribution
Under 10	0
10-14	7
15-19	5
20-24	6
25-29	1
30-34	1
35-39	0
40-44	1
45-49	1
50-54	0
55-59	3
60-64	0
65-69	0
70-74	0
75-79	0
80+	0

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