Parents cheer their freedom from the hassle and cost of diapers.
It signals the end of babyhood and the beginning of the independence of childhood. There definitely seems to be a time in the process of raising a child when parents are ready for and needing this transition. Most parents assume their child is as excited about and ready for this coming transition as they are. Toilet training time is filled with meaning for parents and for children. It is a little nudge out of the nest by the parents, a request for their child to take some independent steps on his own, to begin to take charge of his body and feel a sense of competence about himself.