Just plain dumb!

[kidlove]

nope! IF they are not willing to work at home and this kid is worshiped by the parents (like so many are these days) you are better off to stick a sharp object in your eye than attempt the suffering you personally will endure trying to get this "tiny king" to follow direction with you when he's not with Mom and Dad. it is possible to get him trained with just you but will be like torture, I wouldn't do it. i had the very same situation this past summer, the STUPID (sorry but true) Dad would drop off the 3.75 year old boy and say "I asked him if he had to go potty and he said No!" DUUUUUUUH! of course jacka$$! (sorry but true) if you give them the choice they will sit and play rather than sit on the pot......geeez!!! So, I approached it differently about a week later, I told the parents IF the child was not potty trained by 4 years, I could no longer provide care.....they brought him the very next monday in underwear and he never had an accident after that! hhhhhmmmm, it's not the kids, its the parents. I say, give the parents no choice. good luck!