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Parents' Questions About Enuresis: In this article, Dr. Carstens answers the questions parents most commonly ask about bedwetting. Will your child outgrow the problem? What is the influence of heredity? What treatments are there, and which ones work best? 

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Enuresis Treatment Manual: This parent's guide, written by Dr. Carstens,  sets out in detail the steps for behavioral treatment of bedwetting. The method involves using an alarm that wakes the child when betwetting occurs. This program has been used successfully with thousands of children.

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The Rules for Making Rules: Children need to learn to follow rules, which means that parents need to learn how to set out and follow through on clear and specific guidelines for behavior. This approach teaches you to replace shouting, threats and punishments with clear rules, supervision and consistency. [Note: this approach may not be helpful for children who have frequent extended or violent temper tantrums, which require a quite different approach.]

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