But the Cool Kids Did It...

Nicky has been sleeping through nap time without wearing a pull-up, and without having an accident since he started his new preschool in July (well - he has had 2, but hey, that's pretty good!). Yesterday, he had one at nap, and an additional one while he was playing - he either didn't bother to tell his teacher he had to go, or just didn't take the liberty to go by himself. So, my son was picked up from school wearing a random pair of boxer shorts (an older child's I'm sure, as they kind of looked like shorts), t-shirt (his own from the extra set we keep in his cubby - he had been wearing the extra shorts when he had accident #2), and bare feet. Hmm...don't think he'll make the "best dressed" list in that outfit! One of the random teachers (the school's so big we have no clue who half the teachers are) said that "management wanted to know if Nicky was potty trained, and do we need to put him in a pull-up just in case". Well, yes, he is potty trained, but apparently he's 3 1/2 and doesn't want to leave whatever fun activity he's engaged in to actually go to the potty to do his business! We talked to Nicky about "being a big boy and telling his teachers when he needed to go" and that he should "go on the potty like his friends", etc. Well, I just spoke with Nicky's teacher, and found out that Nicky was indeed going potty like his friends - apparently there were 11 other kids with accidents yesterday! Great - he was just trying to be cool and act like his peers. Now, how do we teach a 3 1/2 year old to "only act like your friends when they're doing the right thing, not the cool thing"?!?