493: The Secret to Stress-Free Potty Training

Wire Talk with Karen Stubbs

Karen Stubbs

Christianity, Motherhood, Parenting, Parenting Advice, Religion & Spirituality, Kids & Family, Christian Parent, Faith

4.9 • 936 Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

If you’re staring down the potty training season with dread, this one’s for you! Karen and Emily are joined by Christine Clark—a mom, preschool teacher, and pro who’s successfully potty trained 17 children. From handling accidents with grace to dealing with fear, regression, or defiance, this episode is packed with wisdom and encouragement for moms in the potty-training trenches.

Episode Recap:

Christine runs an in-home daycare and LOVES toddlers (2:33)
Personality definitely feeds into potty training (5:58)
Is there a difference in training girls vs boys? (7:25)
Give us a step-by-step for those who are new to this (8:55)
What are the biggest mistakes parents make? (12:00)
How to support your child’s training at daycare (14:16)
What about kids who have “accidents” out of defiance? (16:35)
What if a child is afraid to go #2? (22:21)

Scripture: Galatians 6:9 (NIV)
“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”

Discussion Questions:

What’s been your biggest potty training challenge so far, and what mindset shift could help you handle it with more patience?
How can you bring fun and encouragement into the process instead of frustration?
What does “everything can be cleaned” look like for you in this season of motherhood?
What other “hard things” have you done recently that remind you you’re capable of more than you think?

Resources:

Reach out to https://birdsonawiremoms.com/book-karen-to-speak to have Karen come speak in your community!
Join our private FB group, BOAW Moms: https://www.facebook.com/groups/BOAWmoms

Transcript

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0:00.0	For the moms out there that are getting ready to start potty training, what's the number one thing of their mindset?
0:05.5	Where does it need to be? Everything can be cleaned. Oh, good one. Oh, that is good. There are chlorox wipes. It is fine. You know, when we have our first child, we're like, don't let them out in public without a bow. And, oh, my gosh, if they spit up or have a blowout. and this is not the season for that.
0:21.4	Yeah, that's right.
0:23.0	To be honest
0:23.9	everything could be clean and they're learning they're you know it's potty training so they're learning
0:28.6	we're learning and so really just patience and stock up on the chlorox wipes yeah everything can be
0:36.0	clean that's going to be our theme for today.
0:38.4	Everything can be clean.
0:39.9	Welcome to Wire Talk, where we encourage and equip moms by answering practical questions
0:44.8	about motherhood.
0:45.7	We want to help instill God's truth in your heart so you can experience more joy and peace
0:50.8	on your journey of motherhood.
0:52.3	Are you ready for some truth?
0:53.7	Let's dive in.
0:56.5	Hey everybody and welcome to WireTalk. I'm your host, Emily. And with me today, as always,
1:01.3	is my wonderful mom, Karen. Hello, Mom. Hello, Emily. How are you? I'm good. I'm very good.
1:07.5	I had this great intro and you stopped me. I did. Get back into it. You know, it's okay. It's
1:12.4	okay. I know. I'll move past it. Short accounts. Short accounts. Um, but anyways, I'm really, really looking
1:19.3	forward to having Christine on the podcast with us today. And she is a new face for the Birds on a Wire
1:25.5	moms. And I can't wait to hear what she has to say to all of us today. Yes, Christine is amazing, and she is going to be talking about potty training, which we've never really talked about potty training on a full episode, I don't believe. I know. So today we're all in for a treat. Listen, y'all, she has potty trained 17 children. So I told her, I said, you're the expert. We're going to have you on, and this is going to be amazing. Well, what's crazy is our worlds have totally collided. I first met Christine when I was teaching. Oh, well. She was the PTA president. And she's like, I love your mom. I was like, me too.
2:02.1	That's so funny.
2:16.3	And so then now we're all the same church. And she's now like a head volunteer in the church. And that's kind of how you guys. Yeah. I mean, you've already known her. But anyways, and she was talking about potty training and you're like, done. You're going to come on the podcast. I did. I told her in the nursery.
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