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From what I know, it takes a long time for an adult to regain bladder control after they lose it. Given that her trauma is directly related to potty training failure, it might not be in her best interest to even try. She would have a lot of accidents while undergoing that process, and those failures could/would trigger more trauma. I'm not a physical therapist, nor a mental health professional, so this is way above my pay grade, but I would prioritize getting her to accept diapers or pull-ups and helping her gain independence with her toileting. I don't think it's a good idea to tell her, I think that played a major role in her mental breakdown after her mom started with her punishment. She could use the potty, which made her a baby, and therefore should be treated like a baby.

I have the free version of Grammarly, which does a good job with basic grammar. BTW- Grammarly I think of my editing process as though I'm a sculptor. My rough draft is just creating the form. The next stage is refining the form and I'll still make big changes. I'll move parts and eliminate repetitive sections. The read-aloud function helps polish the story. I'm close to finishing up a story that I've worked on since August. I've got a couple of chapters left. I'll probably start to edit that in March. But this week I got an idea about a 24-year-old man with a growth deficiency and an insanely over-protective mother. The mother keeps gaslighting him and you can guess what happens. I didn't want to lose that story, so I've written 12k words since Friday.

Her first accident was after she fell at cheer practice, so it could be caused by a spinal injury, but by this point, she would be conditioned to use her diaper for urination and defection. Sarah mentioned it would be pure luck if she peed in the potty and she had a hard time initiating the pee in her failed big girl attempt. There is a process that patients go through to regain bladder control after having a Traumatic Brain Injury which sounds similar to potty training a child.

They would know that Sarah was a cheerleader and that she took honors classes. I'd guess they were completely shocked with what they saw. I think they expected to find Sarah emaciated and probably held captive in a room. I doubt they had any clue that would find an otherwise healthy 15-year-old girl who was treated as if she was an infant.

From Sarah's perspective, this has to be terrifying. Short of the one moment when Amanda pointed to the nursery and said, "None of this is right, you're a teenager," they haven't tried to explain much of this to Sarah. There has been a lot of talking at her, which is normal for her. I know that it is part of the narrative to keep us in suspense, but Amanda should be talking to her in an appropriate way to reinforce that she is a teenager and explain what is going on. Of course, Jodie and Amanda appear to be completely shocked with what they've witnessed and likely need to process their thoughts as well. They should be explaining every step to Sarah so she can' get out of the flight or flee mentality. I think that would be the healthy thing to do, but there is also privacy issues. If this happened in real life and the media found out about it, it would be sensationalized viral media fodder. The NY Post would be all over a story like this. I'm sure they would avoid naming Sarah, and Sarah would get a new name. I don't think they would send her back to her old high school. Ideally, if Sarah approved of it, they would reconcile her with her friend group. I'm not even sure if Sarah and Emilia would be in the same placement.

Wow!! At least Sarah is out of her infantile, but she has a ton of guilt over what happened. e still didn't get any of our questions answered🙁 So do I. I hope it happens in front of every body so mom is humiliated. I think you meant Amanda here. I think that's going to be one of the things that Sarah will have to process Sarah's mom put so much stress on her before all of this but then took away all control. I think that explains some of my ABDL desire- the elimination of adult stress. It doesn't excuse what her mother did. Right now she is not in a space to process any of this because she's been brainwashed.

My question to other writers is: What is your process from taking the inspiration of a story and turning it into a final product? Do you outline the complete story and flesh out the characters? I start writing and let the moment dictate the personality of the character. I have a story where the main character was meant to be the epitome of the classic 80's spoiled rich frat boy. The kind of guy that you want to see knocked down a peg. As I wrote him, his voice became somebody who despite his wealth and privilege, felt unloved and abandoned by his parents. I think that made it a more complex story. How do you go from that first idea to the final product? I'm asking this because we are all eagerly awaiting the conclusion of the best diaper story ever IMHO. If you are not reading All My Mother's Rules, you should. I know that @MinnesotaWriter has a process and he outlined the basics of the story, and I think he knew where his story would conclude when he started writing it 3 years ago. I got so tired of myself abandoning stories, that I when I wrote Summer with Aunt Amanda, I made sure to finish the narrative before I started to edit, and then publish the story as I edit and reworked the method. I like that method because I can catch continuity errors, or sometimes I'll have a name for something that I came up with on my first go, but then I come up with a better name of the group after I've written some sections. My process is: i get ideas while I'm laying in bed, usually between the time that I first wake (5am) and get out of bed. When I get one that I want to flesh out deeper, I write a rough draft up to a stopping point. Usually, that narrative is fine. I'm happy with the story, but the grammar and physical writing is terrible. The first time I go through a chapter, I'm almost reworking the whole chapter. I then use the read-aloud function to make sure the words sound how I want them to. I can usually type around 3000 words an hour when I'm doing a rough draft, but it takes me about 3 hours to edit 1000 words.

As a teacher, I can attest that Covid regression bubble is a thing. My 9th graders all seemed to be so young in 2021, almost like they were still in Elementary school. They were not even close to being ready for high school. I keep thinking that it will get better, but each year it gets worse. Their social maturation is not growing at the same rate. The 9th graders last year were less mature than 2021, and this year is like having 6th graders. My friend is a 3rd grade teacher and he says that his group is very immature. I don't know what that means for the potty training, but I suspect that's also happening. Part of it is that these parents didn't learn to say no to their kids, so I don't want to is a good enough reason for a lot of children right now. I'm not sure about any of you, but I was never given that privilege growing up. If I said, "I don't want to." My dad would, "It doesn't matter, you're doing it anyway."

I'm kind of curious how kids who were between two and three back in March 2020. I'm sure many parents did use that opportunity to potty train their child, but there wasn't any social incentive to do it. I'm sure some just kept them in diapers. There is no question that disposable diapers is responsible for some of the rise, and then the introduction of Pull-ups has played another role. Pull-ups means the child can still use the potty but doesn't risk peeing their pants. I know from firsthand experience, if you padding underneath me, I'm going to use it.

Mom might need to call Ed Galbrath and ask for a dust filter for a Hoover Max 60 vacuum cleaner. Now that I know it's set in New Mexico, I've got a shared universe theory that Sarah and Emilia's father is Ted Beneke. Mom fleeing might not be a bad thing for Sarah. It keeps her completely out of Sarah's life and Sarah wouldn't need to testify in a trial. I don't know how high of a priority law enforcement would put into finding Mom. I'm sure they would secure the house, and try to locate her at work, but as far as we know, they don't know where mom works. They will see her as a risk to her children, and if she has Emilia with her, they will treat it as though it's a parental abduction. Even then, Mom would be fine as long as she doesn't get pulled over. If she is apprehended, I couldn't see a way that she could avoid conviction. There is no justification for what she did. She can't say that she thought Sarah's lack of potty training was due to laziness and use that as justification. I think what they saw after the raid is enough evidence to convict Mom, even if Sarah can't testify. What would Mom's sentence be if she was convicted of felony child abuse? I looked it up and it's 2 to 6 years in prison. The fact that Sarah wasn't malnourished and had minimal bruising

Last year I went on a two-week vacation where I took a train from Miami to Seattle and then the ferry from Bellingham to Juneau and then ended up in Fairbanks. I figured that would need at least 20 diapers to get through, which takes a lot of space. I figured I'd buy some in Seattle because I had two nights in Seattle. Target only sold Pull-ups, which I assume were junk. I know that I can't wear Pull-ups unless I'm running to the bathroom all the time. I went to a Walgreens and found some briefs, but they were the cheapest piece of junk I could imagine. It was literally just the padding with two extended tabs that I could tighten around my waist. Not a good selection at all. I don't go to Walmart unless I have to, and when I do I just go straight to what I'm looking. I know you can order size 8 from Amazon

In Wattpad, he said that it would come tomorrow. I can't wait because I want to know how they found out. Knowing how MW pulls his stories along, I don't think we will get a lot of answers tomorrow.

Mom might be able to escape the immediate prosecution, but they will know who she is. Unless there is a major FU, an LEO is securing that house the moment they spotted Sarah. I'm guessing that law enforcement was present when they raided the house, and unless it's hidden very well, the evidence will be found. Even Saul Goodman ain't touching Mom to defend her.

AFAIK, Size 7 was a bit of a failure. I think you can find it at Amazon, but not at Safeway. FTR- have you tried to find briefs (diapers) at a drugstore lately? Last summer, I did a long trip and needed a restock. I was in Seattle and went to Target and failed. Crappy Pull-ups that would have failed. I found a Walgreens that had some thin diapers that were awful but were better than Pull-ups I had (which were better than sucky one I could buy from Target.

I don't think that is that is true. AFAIK, CPS has no legal jurisdiction, but they work closely with local with the local sheriff. FTR- calling the local sheriff meets my mandated reported requirements. The very second they confirmed that what happened, it became a crime scene. That means, other than getting Sarah to a hospital, the scene stays sterile. AFAIK, a detective will pull every source of data there is present to assist a DA. They will find those tapes and use them. Especially in a case like this, because presently Sarah isn't able to support the prosecution. Those tapes, along with Amanda's recount is more than enough to warrant a grand jury charge. There is a section in this chapter where the 3rd voice says that they need to contact the sheriff, and I would expect a LEO would be present. In fact, in most cases, the social worker wouldn't even open an unsecured door, but maybe Amanda is more protective (read Diapers Never Lie- might not be the same character, but maybe she is)

I didn't learn that it was set in New Mexico until last night when MW replied to a comment. I was picturing a place like Minnesota, or Iowa.

I looked it up. The average high in January is 41, which is why I used that. I also didn't feel like spelling Albuquerque. I think in Albuquerque a light jacket and a hoodie would be enough coverage in the afternoon unless it was extremely cold. and by mid-February that would be true in Santa Fe as well.

We were posting at the same time and then I edited it while you posted. If you read comments on Wattpad and this, you'll see the question of why CPS would bust a door down. MW has posted this exclusively from Sarah's perspective, and we only see things through her eyes. She was perceptive through most of the story, so we had an idea of the motives of the other characters, but she has none of that now and is completely confused. It sucks because it means that we're confused as well. I think the fact that this is written in Sarah's voice, and seems to be written from the perspective of somebody who is recovering from the trauma. That gives me hope for her future.

A lot is going on in this discussion, and it's ping-ponging everywhere. I don't think the linked articles are proof that there is an epidemic of otherwise normal five-year-olds who are not potty trained and have to wear diapers to school. Kids having toileting problems at school is not a new thing, but it is probably more common now than it ever has been. My grandma was a 4th-grade teacher in rural Wisconsin a very long time ago (like A Christmas Story era). She told the story about a student who had cleaned out a silo and hadn't bathed. He had distinctive odor and she assumed that the kid had a load in his pants. If you teach in a farming community, and you assume that the 4th grader pooped his pants rather than farm odor, it wasn't unheard of for a kid to poop their pants at school. I think the age that it's acceptable for a kid to still be in diapers is getting older. There are still kids who being potty trained by their 2nd birthday, but it's no longer rare for 4-year-olds to still be in diapers. There is a huge gap. There are ton of reasons. The parents not being able to parent is something that I've noticed, and I'm not sure what is at play there. It would shock you how many kids just don't go to school, and the parents aren't able to get them to school. I talk to these parents and they seem to care. Part of me wants to tell the parent, "You've tried nothing, and it hasn't worked."

It's set in New Mexico and the west doesn't have the big swings in weather you get on the other side of the Rockies. Even in January, it wouldn't be below-freezing in the afternoon in Santa Fe. Given that the setting is New Mexico, the hint at the jacket doesn't give us much information. Given Sarah's decline and how she was at her rescue, I've got to think my hope that it is near Valentine's Day is optimistic, but it could also be a cool day in April. The big question is: what did CPS know, and why did the police come inside the residence? That also begs the question, how did they know something was up? The big red flag that would cause concern for authorities is that nobody had seen Sarah after the mall incident, and her behavior at the mall was peculiar. There hasn't been any mention of the mom registering Sarah for homeschooling, and at least in California, just telling the school that she is being homeschooled is not enough. Sarah would also have to return her books, and her not being there would be unusual. Combine that with Sarah having zero contact with the other three girls and that might cause concern that mom was hiding something. I'm speculating that the police were searching to see if Sarah had been murdered. I'll note that MW has not let me down on the realism front. Sarah's mom's behavior is outside of the norm, but it stands up to my realism meter. I think we will get a realistic conclusion to this story (PS- that's better than most of Hollywood).

That scene is so realistic and I think it was a nice element I hope you realize what you've done. Sarah's story started at a time when everybody needed a good story. You wrote the entire Diapers Never Lie Story, and then made it a prequel. As I recall, you first hiatus was right after Sarah was put in diapers the first time. You had a short burst that stopped with her going to the story to buy Pull-ups because she was tired of her mom treating her like a baby every time she had two accidents on the same day. At some point during that hiatus, I wanted to tell you that you didn't have to finish it, but at least let me know how it ends. This poor girl has been a part of my life since Covid started.

I would be gutted if she was my student. Her friends will be gutted. The administrator who suspended Sarah and talked to Mom would be gutted.

The scene where they tell them that nobody is going to make her diapers anymore was a tough one to read. Her incontinence issues throughout the story were severe and getting worse. She wasn't able to last an hour without peeing. Now she has the psychological effect. She might not even realize that her diaper needs to be changed anymore. This is one time that I wish the full story was already published. I have so many questions, and to be honest, most of them weren't answered in this chapter. What did CPS know about Sarah's condition? I wonder if the fact that Mom and Emilia had likely been seen, but nobody has seen Sarah since Christmas. I think that would be enough of a red flag for a wellness check, and they might not have been prepared to see what they saw if they expected it to be a standard wellness check.

I based that off of the first time that Emilia was spoonfed and Sarah implied that her mom seemed to enjoy. I know that Mom is done with her interactions with Sarah, but I would like to hear what Mom's thoughts were with this extreme punishment. Most of the extreme abuse situations that we hear about also includes extreme neglect. In those cases, the child is extremely malnourished and their hygiene is neglected. Mind you they found Sarah in a soiled diaper and she wasn't in a condition to take care of herself. I'm just hoping that my theory of mom seeing the commotion on the baby monitor and she high tails to the daycare and skips town. When you produce the movie, I'm hoping that you show Mom's arrest at work and her perp walk through the office with everybody to see. I'm sure Mom is a major B to her colleagues as well. As a West Coast guy, I didn't pick up on that.

I've always wondered about using strollers in crowded areas just to keep kids close. I think there are parents who use strollers with older kids just to keep them close by.