Aside from not having to spend lots of money replacing the floor around the toilet due to poor aim and ‘splash-out’ (and I’ve known some families who have had to pay out for this to the tune of hundreds of dollars), the sitting down method is preferable for children just starting to use a toilet. I’ve helped potty train children for 20 years; two and three year olds have terrible aim. Even some grown men have poor aim, if the floor of the pub restroom is any indication. (The toilet is a stationary 12″ oval, guys, it doesn’t *move* when you are using it, so why the mess?) As a nanny and mom, I do not delight in cleaning off the toilet and floor multiple times a day so someone can prove their masculinity. Dads who insist that their boys stand to pee need to seriously get over themselves, pick up the Lysol wipes and get to work.

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/peeing_sitting_down

You can emasculate your boys all you want, and you’re even doing me a favor; my two sons will have lesser real competition in the real world from real men.

http://www.chaseawaythesun.com.

I would love if you would share with your readers.

All the best,

Kelli Smith
Creator & Mother of 2

I think the best part would be having someone who could directly and immediately relate to all of the ‘stuff’ that goes on in our homes, and have those same abilities to sort it all out, put it together and make it happen. A built in girlfriend who’d share the work.

And if she could meet me at the door at the end of the day with a martini in hand? Soooo worth it.