Johnny Briggs

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    Frankie threw back her kimono, she took out her forty-four.
    Root-a-toot-toot, three times she shot, right through that hardwood
    door.
    —Unknown. Frankie and Johnny (l. 25–27)

    The area [of toilet training] is one where a child really does possess the power to defy. Strong pressure leads to a powerful struggle. The issue then is not toilet training but who holds the reins—mother or child? And the child has most of the ammunition!
    —Dorothy Corkville Briggs (20th century)