To overcome resistance to potty training you should make the potty training a game such as having the child pee on cheerios if a boy to hit a target.
Give all the responsibility to the child.
Use underwear on the child to help them feel wet.
Make the potty chair convenient and don't hover over the child when they are potty training.
Give rewards for the child using the toilet.
Don't scold the child when they have accidents.
Avoid reminders about using the toilet.
Work through the child's fears.
Your child can be so resistant to potty training due to fear of the toilet, just not being interested, or not ready to potty train, or they are being lectured or scolded too much or you are struggling with them too much.
If the child is resistant to potty training you should back off for a few months, keep them in diapers and try again later and they may be ready in a few months.
Also don't make the child sit on the potty for too long if they didn't pee.
The most common cause of a child resisting toilet training or potty training is being reminded or lectured too much about the potty training.
Potty training is considered delayed once the child is over 3 years old.
It's considered normal and not delayed in potty training when the child is 3 or under.
While most kids potty train by 18 months to 2 years old it's very common for children to still not be ready to potty train until 3 or near their 4th birthday.
It's not really a concern until the child is 4 or older and not potty trained.
Things that can delay potty training are a new baby, language delays, childhood illnesses, fear of the toilet or family crisis, moving to a new house etc.
The age that a child should stop wearing pull ups is between 3 years to 4 years of age or when they no longer need the pull ups.
Most children need to wear pull ups during the day while potty training until 2 to 3 years of age and some children may need to wear pull ups during the day until age 4.
And some children need to wear pull ups or diapers at night until age 5 to 8 years old or longer depending on how long they wet the bed.
The majority of children are potty trained by 18 months to 3 years of age and stop wearing diapers then and other kids are not fully out of diapers and potty trained until the age of 4 or near 5 years old.
Pull Ups do delay potty training in most kids as Pull Ups feel like a diaper as they are just pull up diapers that absorb the pee.
Most kids that wear pull ups when potty training take longer to potty train and the best way to potty train a child is to use regular underwear so the child feels the wetness and has the motivation to go pee.
With a pull up the pee is absorbed and they don't feel wet so they use the pull up like a diaper.
A pull up is good for when out of the house until they learn to hold their pee long enough or poop to avoid wet or poop pants.
For some toddlers pull ups can hinder potty training while for others pull ups can help potty training.
Pull Ups can feel like diapers because in reality pull ups are just pull on style diapers although they are less absorbent.
If a toddler is wearing pull ups and pees in them then they won't feel wet like they would when wearing underwear.
Just like a diaper the pull up absorbs the pee and so the toddler does not feel wet.
But if the toddler is wearing underwear then they will feel the wetness on their underwear which makes them feel uncomfortable and so they would want to use the toilet.
However some kids do potty train just fine with pull ups and they are good for when away from home to catch any pee or poop.
At home though its best to keep the toddler in underwear.