Traditional Chinese potty training techniques involve leaving infants and young toddlers in open pants without diapers. Children are encouraged to relieve themselves anytime, anywhere. The results are sometimes rinsed away, and other times the mess is left behind on a sidewalk or floor (Chou, 2009). No matter how effective and efficient a training method, this behavior would most certainly be stigmatized in Western society. Imagining not only the visual but the olfactory consequences of this being repeated in daily life would evoke disgust for …show more content…
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