Should parents require older children, teens, or youth to wear diapers for bedwetting? Part 1

I’ve heard parents say it’s okay if an older child, teen, or teen doesn’t 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 unsanitary. As mentioned above, it is unsanitary and unsanitary (not to mention uncomfortable) to lie down all night in wet sheets and clothing. The following analogy might help. If a young man has a cut, you would have him put a Band-Aid on to prevent blood from staining his clothes and other things in the house, as well as for sanitary reasons. Wearing a diaper to bed shouldn’t be viewed any differently: the diaper is a band-aid for a bladder control problem. Or if the youngster was going out in the rain, the parents would see to it that he or she brought a raincoat or 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 they take the right precautions to prevent that from happening. Concerns of being unsanitary and uncomfortable aside for now, even if the child or teen has offered to wash their own sheets and clothes, it should be mentioned to them that it takes a lot longer and a lot more work to wash a lot. of wet sheets, blankets and pajamas than washing wet diapers and plastic pants.

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

Many children, teens, and teens feel infantile about bedwetting and a large number of people feel that by forcing them to wear diapers to bed, you are making the decision about how to deal with bedwetting and thus making them 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 teenagers that are best for them but they don’t like them. Wearing glasses and braces are just two things that come to mind. If it were up to the young man, he would not wear glasses or braces. Is it such a stretch to apply the same reasoning to the use of diapers to control bedwetting? Also, I think it would be less embarrassing and stressful for the child or adolescent to wear diapers to bed than to wear glasses or braces; After all, since diapers are worn only at night, your friends won’t notice them while wearing glasses or braces. they are going to.

While it’s good to give children and teens more autonomy as they grow to be more confident and responsible adults, there are certain types of knowledge that only come from experience. Choosing a suitable incontinence product is one of them; A lot of trial and error is required to choose a continence 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 a product is, a person’s budget, how discreet are the products, how certain products affect a person’s skin, whether or not a person has the time and/or desire to wash plastic nappies and underpants , etc. Although adults have the ability to weigh these decisions and can make an informed 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 use at bedtime will be influenced by what they perceive to be the look of the diapers rather than how well the product keeps them dry overnight.