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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oh, i didn't know kids under 18 can go to the doctor's office without parents. I would totally teach my kid to at least make an appointment. 
Some doctor's office can book appointments online and that is a very current skill/task that teens can do cause they don't have to talk on the phone like normal people.

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None of our docs allow it. [/quote]

Really? That seems odd. I always offer to leave the apt room and the docs are okay with it,because they know that there are some things kids may want to discuss without parents present (not our case, but what about sexual abuse? or more pedestrianly, when dad takes a 15 year old who wants to talk about her period, or doesn't want mom to see t he doc look at her breasts or public hair?)[/quote]

The kid alone with the doc seems a lot worse of a risk in that case. There's the text book scenario for provider sexual assault. The doctor tells the kid that all sorts of groping and probing are standard care, and the kid doesn't know better.
With the parents in the room, even looking away, that cuts out most of the opportunity for grooming. 
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The doctor could have a nurse or assistant there. That is what often happens for my appointments.[/quote]

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