potty chart

English

Etymology

From potty (“a small, usually plastic, chamber pot used to toilet-train young children”) +‎ chart (“a tabular presentation of data; a table”).

Noun

potty chart (plural potty charts)

1. A calendar chart that tracks a child's progress during toilet training.
   • 1984 April 18, Sharon Morrey, “What did I do today? Don't ask!”, in American Fork Citizen (Tidbits), page 2:

     I'll get to count the time I put in just hanging around – waiting for my baby daughter to finish playing in the bubbles of her bath – for the toddler to wet so he can get a star on his potty chart.

   • 2007, Karen Deerwester, The Potty Training Answer Book: Practical Answers to the Top 200 Questions Parents Ask, Sourcebooks, →ISBN, page 165:

     A potty chart is better as a child-directed activity than as a parent reward system because it gives your child personal ownership over his success. An external expectation to "earn" stickers or "potty stars" can create the same power struggles as token rewards and praise.

   • 2023, Chelsea Bieker, Heartbroke (Science-fiction), Catapult Books, →ISBN, page 11:

     After I completed my tasks Spider Dick would place a happy face sticker in the color of my choosing on a repurposed child's potty chart that he had named Alma's Chart of Eternal Happiness.