I had the totally frustrating experience of potty training one of my children who showed the interest and ability, but out of sheer willfulness, decided that she would absolutely NOT take the initiative to leave what she was doing and make it to the bathroom on time. I shared this frustration with a close friend who told me about a book that really works. Of course, I was totally skeptical. So she loaned me her copy. The book is entitled Potty Training in Less Than a Day and it was a blessing from above! I don't remember the author, since I gave the book to my sister years ago. But I highly recommend. The book was initially written to help people in the health care industry to train mentally handicapped adults to toilet themselves. Then the author realized that if handicapped adults could master this skill, so could totally capable children. Hope you can find the book at either a book store or library. -Sandy [Sewwith7]