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A parent ”nagging” about CIC schedules and your child's "forgetfulness" can lead to many conflicts. It helps if you can find tricks that help your child remember when it's time to perform CIC.
It's important to try and adapt the scheduled times for emptying your child's bladder to his/her daily lifestyle. Maybe it can be done in connection with other activities, for example meals and snacks.
Today, many children use their mobile phones as reminders.
At school, you should schedule CIC to fit in with your child's curriculum. The schedule should always be easily accessible to your child, not at the bottom of his/her schoolbag along with other sheets of paper concerning field trips and parent-teacher meetings. Having assistants who are "living clocks" and who remind your child every time he/she needs to empty his/her bladder does not allow your child to develop confidence in his/her own ability.
In other words, becoming independent is a task that begins when your child is a baby. It is a long journey and there are sure to be many thorns along the way.
But seeing your child grow with responsibility and learn to trust his/her own ability makes it all worthwhile. For your child, knowing that he/she can go to the toilet by alone, can go to a friend's house after school, a sleepover, or even camping, and always feel independent is a strength. It also builds your child's self-esteem and self-confidence.
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