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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've seen this mentioned as a marker of a kid's maturity level. Why? I never did this for myself. I explained to my SAHM that something was an issue and she would help me figure out how to proceed with treatments and whether a doc visit was necessary. It's not something you just know how to do suddenly on your 16th birthday. Is it a sunburn or a rash? Let's try some aloe vera for a day and see. Are these recurring headaches possibly migraines? Let's try blocking the sun and putting you someplace dark and quiet to see if that matters, and let's track your food and sleeping patterns that might be triggering them. How would a kid know what sort of specialist might be needed? How do they know if you've got the money to cover the copay that week or not? How do they know that you can get them an excused absence from school for that day that the doc is available? How do these kids transport themselves to the doctor's office in the middle of the school day without parental involvement? [/quote]
Good lord, you are a very literal thinker. It's not "hey, sick kid, go find a doctor off the internet and make an appointment since you have chronic migraines. kthxbye." It's "hey, you need a sports physical before the soccer season starts. Here's the number for the pediatrician [that you've been seeing since birth]. Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays after 3 will work for my schedule to bring you there." You start with the 'easy' calls (i.e. scheduling a routine physical, dental cleaning, etc.) so that they can gradually build the skills needed to do the more complex stuff on their won.

The fact that they don't know how to do things on their 16th birthday is exactly WHY you teach them to do these things. They don't turn 25 and just know how to do these things suddenly either- so why not give them guided practice to equip them with the skills they need, when they still have the soft landing of being under your roof?[/quote]

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