Should Parents Require Older Children, Teens, Or Teens To Use Diapers To Wet The Bed? Part 1

I have heard parents say that it is okay if an older child, teenager or teenager does not want to wear diapers to bed, as long as they take care of wet clothes and bedding, but I think that sends the wrong message. I think it sends the message that it’s okay to be unhealthy. As mentioned above, it is unhealthy and unhealthy (not to mention uncomfortable) to stay overnight in wet sheets and clothes. The following analogy might help. If a child has a cut, I would ask them to put on a plaster to prevent blood from staining their clothes and other things around the house, as well as for sanitary reasons. Wearing a diaper to bed shouldn’t look any different – the diaper is a band-aid for a bladder control problem. Or if the child was going out in the rain, the parents would see to it that they put on a raincoat or used an umbrella to prevent the child from getting wet. All of them are waterproof and all fulfill the function of preventing the individual from getting wet.

The bottom line is that people don’t like getting wet and take the proper precautions to prevent that from happening. Worries of being unhealthy and uncomfortable for the moment aside, even if the child or adolescent did offer to wash their own sheets and clothes, it should be mentioned that it is much slower and much more work to wash a lot. From wet sheets, blankets and pajamas to washing wet diapers and plastic pants.

Right now I would like to touch on the following. Many parents might wonder if they should require that their older child, adolescent, or adolescent wear diapers to sleep if all methods of curing bedwetting have failed and leaking through pull-ups or “Goodnites.” The consensus seems to be that the child or adolescent should participate in the selection of what kind of clothes to wear to bed. While I agree with this theory in principle, in practice it may not work all the time. The reasoning behind this theory is that by allowing the child or adolescent to participate in the decision-making process, they will feel more in control of the situation, thus improving their self-esteem, which in turn will make them feel less ashamed.

Many children, adolescents and adolescents feel childish about wetting the bed and a lot of people feel that by forcing them to wear diapers to bed, you are making the decision about how to deal with the enuresis of your hands, which makes me feel even more like a baby. I can certainly understand this point of view, but in many situations parents make decisions for their older children or adolescents that are in their best interest but that they do not like. Wearing glasses and braces are just two things that come to mind. If it were up to the young man, they wouldn’t wear glasses or braces. Is it so exaggerated to apply the same reasoning to the use of diapers to control enuresis? Also, I think it would be less embarrassing and stressful for the child or adolescent to wear diapers to bed than glasses or braces; After all, since the diapers are worn only at night, your friends will not notice them, while with the glasses or braces. they are going to.

While it is good to give children and adolescents more autonomy as they grow to be a more confident and responsible adult, there are certain types of knowledge that can only be gained through experience. Choosing a suitable incontinence product is one of them; There is a lot of trial and error involved in choosing an incontinence product that works well. There are many factors involved in choosing an appropriate incontinence product: the type and level of incontinence, whether your incontinence is during the day, night, or both, how absorbent the product is and how effectively it protects the individual, how durable is a product. , a person’s budget, how discreet the products are, how certain products affect a person’s skin, whether or not a person has the time and / or desire to wash diapers and plastic pants, etc. While adults have the ability to weigh these decisions and can make the right decision about them, many children and adolescents do not have the maturity, knowledge, experience, and ability to make an informed decision in this situation. Their decision on what type of incontinence product to wear to bed will be influenced by what they perceive as the image of diapers, rather than how well the product keeps them dry at night.