This can only be accomplished if everyone understands the importance of downplaying the difficulty. Most teachers will respond in kind to the way the parent presents the issue. This can be repeated for the younger child when school begins. Children spend the major part of their young lives in school. The seeds of success are sown in the early grades.
Nothing is perfect.
Accidents are bound to happen. That's a given. However, the parent, teacher, school partnership will play a big part in helping these children live with and adjust to their physical problem. Sheila Estrin is a patient of Dr. Alberto Pe a and a second grade teacher at Link Elementary School in New City, New York. She was born with imperforate anus and knows first hand the difficulties of growing up with this condition.