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Is it a Bad Idea to Reward Children if They Don’t Wet the Bed?

By Katie Hurley

A mom once told me that she set up a reward system to help “fix” her daughter’s bedwetting problem. It was the last year of preschool for this child and she was close to her fifth birthday. Evidently she potty trained before she even turned 2, but she was having trouble staying dry at night. Her mom was sure that the sticker chart and a…

Katie Hurley

Katie Hurley, LCSW, is a Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist and Writer in Los Angeles, CA. Her work can be found on several popular online parenting sites, including EverydayFamily, Practical Parenting, and The Huffington Post. Her parenting book, The Happy Kid Handbook: How to Raise Joyful Children in a Stressful World, will be published at the end of October 2015 (Tarcher/Penguin). Katie enjoys life by the beach with her husband and two children.

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