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How can we get my son to poop in the toilet?!

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I have a 3 year old (will be 4 in a few months) who is the most stubborn child on the face of the earth. We have tried the sticker chart with rewards at regular intervals. We have tried setting the timer for every 30 minutes (it made for days of screaming and struggle). We have tried throwing a mini party in honor of the "big boy." We have tried letting him pick out his own big boy underwear (he just poops in them 10 minutes later). We have even tried letting him run around with just a t-shirt. NOTHING WORKS! So, please, before you reply with another cookie cutter remedy for so-called stubborn children, remember that we have tried them all. I am so frustrated and I need help. I am ready to throw in the towel and put him in pull ups until he is thirty, but he is supposed to start pre-kindergarten in the fall. He can't go until he can "go" in the right place.