Turns out my daughter has a super power.

It’s an impossible situation. On the one hand, she really needs to stop weeing in her pants at school.

There are genuinely good reasons for this.

Embarrassment: it’s tricky to make friends when there is a big wee patch on your clothes.

Hygiene: Weeing while cross legged on the classroom carpet at registration could cause the growth of bacteria, mold, and possibly moss.

Safety: Urine is slippery. A water slide in the lunch hall maybe fun, but less so when people realise it's not a water slide.

Cost: Urine is highly electrically conductive. There are electrical devices at school, laptops and tablets etc. I don’t think I need to draw a picture.

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On the other hand, she does not want to use the toilets at school. Obviously, this is a little more difficult to understand, especially for a parent.

Her parent has spoken to her on many, many occasions and at great length about how wonderful it is that there are toilet facilities at school, and about how going to the toilet is a near miraculous cure for weeing in your pants.

She took all this on board, but the fact remains, she will never, and she does mean never, use the toilets at school. She does not know exactly why. She just won't. She has decided.

“Did you go to the toilet at school today?” her weary asks.

“Yes,” she says emphatically. “Once before first break, once before lunch, once before last break, as we agreed.”

“Is any of that true?” he sighs.

“No,” she sighs back. “But I didn’t wee in my pants.”

“You must be bursting!”

“No,” she shrugs.

It’s easy when you have a super power.

Let's hope Stubborn Girl only uses her powers for good.