what age should toilet training begin at?

My daughter was hard to potty train I started at 2 but she was almost 4 before she got it. I put pull ups on her for the longest time but then I though she knows that the pull up will hold in the wetness and she will not have to worry about it so I decided to put underwear on her she had some accidents but she knew it would travel down her legs so she started running to the potty I think pull ups hampered her potty training and if I would have just used underwear to begin with it would not have taken so long. I am really glad she is trained now!

They should at least be 12.

my daughter now 9 years old, wasn't ready for potty training at ages 2, 3, but at age 4 we started potty training and by her 5th birthday she was fully night and day potty trained. She is my only daughter I have 2 boys who are older than she. My oldest son was potty trained between myself and his fathers mother by age 3 1/2 (he's now almost 17) and my other son was potty trained by age 3 his father was pushing it to get him into preschool but he really wasnt ready. Looking back on it I wish I'd waited til he was ready (he's now 15). Out of my 3 children my 15 year old is the only one who had accidents at night and he's slowly outgrowing that problem.

Anyway each child is different. Its best if the child is fully ready and pushing it does no good. Wishing you all the luck in this.

I would guess that the average age for potty training is 3 but boys do tend to be harder sometimes. My older three trained right around three years but my fourth still isn't completely even though we've been trying for two years. He is now 4 years and 4 months old and has no developmental delays of problems. He just won't use the potty.

OMG no no I am sorry but I have serious issues with that to be perfectly honest with you...There is IMO NO REASON for a child that age to still be in diapers..thats just ridiculous as far as I'm concerned....Do you have any idea WHY the parents are allowing it? Could it be a medical thing maybe or do you think they just cant be bothered or wht?

If its not medical...than thats just insane IMO..not to mention damaging...

My son is fourteen months old and definitely not ready to be toilet trained either... I figure once they can verbalise the need to go to the toilet and are confident enough with walking, and other coordination it is time to try.
One of my nephews is almost 4 and he hasn't had a nappy on since before he turned three, however he still occassionally has accidents particularly during the night.
I think anything is normal. All children are different and develop differently. I think that by 4- 4 1/2 most accidents should have stopped, but again this is flexible. I don't think anything is set in concrete.
My fourteen month old is my first child, so I haven't really had any experience with this all and anything I say is strictly my own thoughts and opinions.
Your friends son will get there... do you know if he has been trained at all? Perhaps she still leaves a nappy on her son when he is napping or something?

It can take right around as long as 5 yrs for a boy to be potty trained some can be ready sooner just like some take much more longer they say even in video's don't force them to potty train or there will be alot of accident.

my son is 16 months old and we have begun the process. he now knows when he goes and lets me know. we aren't pushing him but i hope to have him trained by 2.
as for a child almost 4 years old, as someone else already mentioned, if there are no medical conditions then this child should at least be getting worked with to learn to use the potty.

I think you should start to potty train a child around the age of two or when they wake up in the moring with a dry diaper on. That is the advice I got.

I have been having problems with my son being potty trained.He is a little over 3 years old and sits down on the potty but doesnt do anything.I think every child is differnt and some can be challenge to potty train than others.I think it is best not to push them.I know some people might get thier son or daughters potty trained by 12 months,2 years old and 3 years old and that is good.But shouldnt critisize parents who are trying to potty train a child that might not be ready.Sometimes I think some people want to hurry up a child to be be potty trained because well so in so has thier child potty trained or had their child ptty trained by that age.But to push a child if their not ready will not work.No offense to anyone just voicing my opinion.