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i've deleted friends on facebook due to these types of "status updates". if i posted that my dog took a dump outside i'm sure the same person would be disgusted.

Potty training is an important step for a parent, it helps them to have succeeded in teaching their child to do something that is essential to the "growing up" process, it is both emotionally uplifting and saddening because it means their little one is no longer a baby.

And nobody gives a shit about the shit you find annoying on Facebook. Read a real book if you can't be bothered.

It's probably better that way. Those people are at a different point in their life than you. If you don't want to hear about their kid than just unfriend them or turn off status updates. Anybody who posts about politics or religion on facebook gets the updates turned off on my side of it.

Yo Stils, you should check the "whens the last time you puked from alcohol" thread. Just saying.

why because its true?

It has already been said but not every post is directed to you. My buddies might not give a crap about what my kids are doing but my parents sure like to have updates on what their grandchildren are doing. I am stationed overseas and facebook is one of the few ways they get to be apart of their lives. If this person is a friend of yours why not let it everyone know what a dick you are and respond to her post with a "nobody gives a fuck about your kid" or something? Or just delete her since what is going on in her life doesn't interest you.

But FB is almost public. No need to tell 500 ppl. that your brat just shit himself. How about an email or (gasp!) a phone call?

There is no need to potty train kids except for convenience. In many cultures as in native american societies there was no potty train since kids by 3 and 4 naturally become potty trained as they learn it from others and realize it's no fun to do it in your clothes.

We just do it early in America for parental convenience. It's not about a child's development unless there are mental or physical issues.

How did you handle it with your kids?

Exactly.

I have a dog. I am aware that the love for a dog is probably about 10% of what one would have for their child. That being said, I love my dog.

My dog does a lot of stupid things that make me smile. I'm sure that everyone who has a dog feels the same way. I just don't feel the need to broadcast it to every person I know, partly because I think that's just a waste, and partly because the vast majority of them do not care. If it is something that I feel like sharing with the 3 or 4 people who do, I'll shoot them a text.

As one of my good friends (with kids) so eloquently puts it - "There is nothing more interesting to me than what my child does, and there is nothing less interesting to me than what your child does."

I hate to break it to you, but there are OTMs (Over the Top Moms) who do throw potty parties.