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Potty Training Call Centre: Parents are panicking

"My child is starting school and isn't toilet trained, HELP!" is one of the most common enquiries received by Amanda Jenner, the UK's Potty Training expert

The Potty Training Academy launched by Amanda Jenner, who recently appeared on BBC One's documentary about the potty training crisis, is being faced by hundreds of parents whose children are due to start school next week and aren't fully toilet trained.

Parents are panicking that their children won't be trained in time, and will be embarrassingly starting school still wearing a nappy, furthermore they seem to leave it until the very last minute before asking for help.

The 2016 ATL report showed that there is a huge increase in both parents having to go out to work, meaning their child will attend some sort of day care, leaving less time for parents to potty train successfully. The average age of potty training is...

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