Tom let start by saying I was wrong and I am sorry. My statement was incorrect and I was reacting emotionally to what I had read on the board and the big kids bulletin board. Secondary enuresis does affect a certain number of children although I suspect the actual may be skewed somewhat in older adolescents. When I was 13 my mom took me to the doctor to find out why I still was wetting the bed. The nurse told my mom there was nothing wrong with me and that I was spoiled and too lazy to get out of bed to go to the bathroom. Mom made my life a living hell for about a month. To this day she still believes it and I’m like where do they get that kind of info. When read how many admitted to this it made me mad MAD MAD MAD. I read Beth’s letter and the reply’s some interesting discussions. A couple of points the 1st the age 15 years 14 and 15 were the hardest for me at that age I was very self-self-conscious about my problem. Before about 13 ½ years strangely enough I didn’t give it much thought. It seems a little strange or let me say I can’t see my self sitting around at 15 years in a short T-shirt and panties in front of my dad. I can’t understand someone just going in a diaper instead of going to the bathroom. I always hated going in a diaper like those times away from home and mom didn’t take me to the bathroom. When I was little since about 7 years I could manage my own diaper. If you have to go all you have to do is carefully pull the tape off one side and you can pull it down and go then pull it back up and re-tape. I stopped wearing diapers to bed at about 8 ½ years. Then only while away from home at 9 and 10 years. At 15 years I was only wetting occasionally but even if I was wet every night I can’t see myself putting on a diaper at that age. It’s like if you start wetting at 15 years and go straight in to diapers your giving up with out trying anything else. I have more to say about my teenage bedwetting years and my early years in diapers and how it feels to be a child with this problem of bedwetting. I will post when get a little time. Stephanie :)