For the longest time, my three year old has had an anti-potty stance as if she was a member of a union and Jimmy Hoffa was the president. Plain and simple, she was all set with going on the potty. All. Set.
My wife and I tried just about every trick in the book. Sticker charts. Water coloring (to change the water color when she pees). Candy. Toy store trips. You name it, we tried it.
This weekend, however, we had a breakthrough due to two things: diligence and the iPad.
You see, my wife and I were militant this weekend with throwing her little butt on the potty. While it worked, the only thing that kept her on it was the distraction of the iPad. Yea, the iPad is now a potty toy. It’s no longer daddy’s commuting companion. It has a permanent place in the John right next to the Cigar Aficionado and People magazines. It’s funny what triggers kids to do things. Whether it’s to go potty or eat string beans, there’s always a tactic you can employ. However, these little battles are indicative of parenting overall. No matter their age, negotiations are always in play. Eating dinner. Going potty. Be home at a certain time. Cell phone use. Homework. They are all negotiable pain points as a parent and we need to figure out how to get through them, around them or come to an agreement because none of it is in the parenting handbook.
It’s up to us to out-think the little Jimmy Hoffa’s in our house because as much as you get frustrated and want to bury them in New Jersey, you just can’t.
It’s doesn’t work. Trust me, I tried it. 
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If you had invested in the company that makes the wooden Thomas the Tank engines trains when we were potty training you would have ended up a very rich man.
LOL…thanks for reading. Potty training I think is the worst part of the entire parental deal, especially when there are “accidents.”