Wow... this is a marvelous post by Reader. He brings out a very key point: Why do parents not want to train their bedwetting kids to learn to wake up and go to the toilet in the night? Why do they instead put them in diapers? Is it really that waking a child in the night results in sleep deprivation (as Monica below contends), or is it simply laziness on the part of the parents and the child? Or do parents subconciously wish that their older kids could be dependent infants again? Tom (IP#: 68.11.136.xxx below) contends that use of diapers in older bedwetting kids does NOT lead to diaper attachment or diaper fetish. On what evidence does he base this belief? Tom acknowledges that, "...some kids already have a diaper fetish and will deliberately stage wetting incidents to fool their parents into buying diapers for them." What about the "legitimate" bedwetting kids who have a mild tendency toward diaper fetish/attachment? If a child or teen has a tendency towards diaper attachement/fetish (and all kids may have such a tendency to a certain degree), putting them back in diapers could push that tendency into a true diaper attachment or fetish.
Reader also describes the devastating effects that diaper attachment/fetish has on future interpersonal relationships. Other DL's, TB's, and AB's who have posted on this site describe that same impact on relationships. Some DL's even seek psychiatric help because of the problem with relationships.
Pacific Intenational has received a lot of criticism from parents who have posted on this site. But Pacific Int'l does cure bedwetting, and they do it by training a child to wake up and go to the toilet in the night. I propose that we on this board discuss ways to train our bedwetting kids to wake up and go to the toilet in the night. We could investigate Pacific Int'l's techniques. The parents main area on the Wetbusters site describes a very loud alarm that even comes with a silent "bedshaker". The idea is to figure out what time your child typically wets and set the alarm to awaken the child just before that time. We could also investigate the medications available for bedwetting and the pros and cons.
The significant risk of diaper attachment/fetish in kids and teens is becoming evident. There is also the possible risk of elevating the temperature of the testicles in boys from use of disposable diapers, which may cause sterility or even cancer. So, why not look at ways to avoid diapers? I hope that Reader will not leave this board...