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In Scotland, car repair shop faces music royalty suit because its employees listen to radios on the job [BBC] Pediatricians grill kids about their parents’ drinking, gun ownership and antisocial habits — what, weren’t the……

The Academy of Pediatrics stinks. They have always had very strange ideas and have likely been responsible for more childhood injury and death than you are aware with their policies.

If a physician informs the police about any issue except child abuse, you can sue that physician as a breach of patient/doctor priveledge. Remind your physician at the time of questioning that not only is the child his patient, but you have rigts as well and that his insurance will likely not cover overtly stupid acts.

Never, ever under any circumstances leave a child alone in a clinic.

This summer my 12 yo boy needed a physical for a camping trip via scouts. I told my son to expect – ahem – a little more invasive examination in the private area (i.e. told him what to expect so it was not a a shock, but no amount of mental prep will erase embarrassment at any age I suspect)

He said he’d like me to be with him in the examination room after I gave him the choice. He’s a super healthy kid, but we did have one physical problem. His feet hurt really bad after a lot of exercise or running, my hunch is he does not tie his shoe laces tight to be cool and therefore no support.

Anyways, when the female doctor did finally arrive I informed her his only issue was the feet thing. She then proceeded to do the usual check up and then the inquisition came…Are you made to wear a seat belt? What do you eat, what do your meals consist of? Do you wear a helmet when riding a bike? What time do your parents make you go to bed? Do your parents smoke? and on and on.

Then when the private area examination came time she asked him if he’d like his mom to leave the room. He said no. Then she told me to look the other way!!! “mom, could you please look the other way while I perform …”

Ok. I was so amazed by this, it wasn’t until after I left that I realized she never even checked the ONE problem I informed her about – his feet! (Bad of me not to thought of it, but I was just so floored and I guess my natural inclination was to get the hell out of there).

My son told me unsolicited that he wasn’t embarrassed at all until she asked me to look away, he said it made him feel weird.

We called an complained to a patient relations person. The first smug jerk told us he’d worry if a doctor didn’t ask his children these things, what’s your problem. NEXT – i asked to talk to his boss, I had 2 people to complain about now.

Ultimately, this person agreed with me and said it was very alarming the doctor did not examine the one issue informed of. I told him that general questions or nutrition reminders are ok, but none of these quests pertained to his immediate health — and there were no questions like “do you have any stomach problems” pertaining to digestion, they were probing parental “what does you parent feed you”

The day of birth is the best time to get them a gift that will hardly ever depreciate.

When the AAP has become an arm of the American version of the East German Secret Police, it is truly frightening. We already have gummint-run skoolz requried by law to report anything they think might be child abuse and as such we find anti-spanking Nazis reporting parents to the child welfare Gestapo for spanking their kids.

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