Kimberly-Clarke Launches New Website
Kimberly-Clark Launches New Website that Addresses Important Issues of Self-esteem for Kids Who Wet the Bed at Night
New website speaks to children in their language,reassuring them that bedwetting is NOT their fault and that time is often all it takes.
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A new website http://http://www.drynites.co.nz
by Kimberly-Clark addresses important issues of
self-esteem for kids who wet
the bed at night, speaking directly to them: "When ever
you're feeling a bit down about wetting the bed at night,
say this to yourself: 'It's not my fault, it's not my
fault.' It really isn't. There isn't a child anywhere that
says "I like wetting the bed
and I do it on purpose". In fact it's the complete opposite.
If you could stop you would, so don't be hard on yourself."
One of many articles posted on the website lists the
ways some children who wet the bed describe themselves:
-Stupid
-Broken
-Weak
-Not good enough
-Weird
-Pathetic
-A disappointment
-A
failure
-A baby
Kids also report that one of
their biggest concerns is that they are letting their
parents down.
From the children's section of the
website, a paragraph on the mechanics of bedwetting
explains: "For some kids, their bladders haven't yet learnt
to really stretch enough to hold big wees during the day. So
at night their bladder can't stretch enough to hold all the
wee it needs to, to stay dry. In other kids, their kidneys
make too much wee at night, as their brain hasn't learnt to
slow down."
The website puts the numbers in
perspective for children: "If you're going on a school camp,
there will definitely be other children there who feel just
the same as you. You would never guess that 3 other kids in
your class probably suffer from bedwetting or that there are
over 150,000 children in Australia and New Zealand with the
same problem. If you put them all together they would make
up over 13,000 soccer teams!"
The website speaks
gently to kids: "Often the best cure for bedwetting is simply time. Hang in
there, we know how frustrating that can be, so this website
will help you to learn some tips on how to cope with
bedwetting until your body and brain are ready to
respond."
The reasons they are given that it's not
their fault are:
--"Your brain and body are not
communicating properly."
--"It happens in your sleep and
you are not awake to control it. "
--"Your Mum or Dad may
also have wet the bed and this
means that you are more likely to wet the bed."
New
Zealand mother Jacqueline Brown is Nurse Co-ordinator for
K.E.E.A. (New Zealand's Kiwi Enuresis Encopresis
Association) and welcomes the new website which links to the
association's own website and bedwetting alarm database at
http://www.keea.org.nz.
Jacqueline says "There is often a lot of stress
for both children and parents around bedwetting. Often it
can be useful to take the pressure off, and put the child in
DryNites until the reason for the wetting can be assessed
and treated appropriately. Relieving the pressure and
empowering parents with relevant information and advice is
an important part of helping children to become
dry."
Simon Williams, spokesman for Huggies DryNites,
says they responded to research showing that parents of
children with bedwetting
problems are most comfortable dealing with the issue in
private via a website, in an anonymous on-line forum with
other parents, and with the website's own doctor.
"We
are pleased this website brings normality to the subject for
parents and for the children who suffer from bedwetting.
Bedwetting is not a behavioural problem, and we're pleased
this website brings children's feelings into the centre of
the discussion," he says.
Huggies DryNites is a
registered trademark of Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
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