Years ago, someone in my church congregation regularly informed me that my child could not participate in the Primary (church class for little ones) until she was poddy trained.  I gave her a soft “oh really?” answer, because I knew the real policy – January after the child turned three they would join Primary with kids their age.

But I also knew that Christ Himself would never reject a child, especially not based on something like poddy training. This was a few years before I understood my daughter had autism, but I was noticing some developmental delays. I knew she belonged at church, despite her differences.

By the way, she didn’t poddy train until age four and a half.