Advice needed: Potty training

[Lee-Bee]

But at 3yrs old he should only be wasting HIS time, not yours. Tell him to go and he should be doing it ALL on his own. You don't need to go and hover over him and wait.

Does the child manage his own clothes? (pants and underwear up ad down). If not make him practice and have his parents do the same at home. By shortly after 2yrs the vast majority of kids should be able to go on their own and use the potty (preferably the actual toilet) and only need to be reminded to wash their hands (and wipe after a poop).

If he isn't able to do all this then tell the family to work on it and once the child can be simply told to go use the toilet in between regular visits he can be pull up free. My daughter just turned 3 and while she still needs to be reminded to go at times it's been almost 8months since I have had to actually be in or near the bathroom to help her. She uses the regular toilet with no toddler seat on it. Kids are capable of his when they know it is expected. This is a HUGE part of being toilet trained.