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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mommies get a grip. No one is saying your pediatrician is going to become your child's bestie and he will magically open up about sex, gay thoughts, and drug use in the 3 min he gets alone with the dr. I don't even think it's important if a kid opens up to a dr. or not -- that's not the non parent adult they're going to for help in real life -- but I do think 12 or 13 year olds deserve privacy as much as you do. Do you like people in an exam room staring at you when the dr checks your breasts or you must spread your legs? Honestly do you like it even for innocuous things like checking your abdomen? Do you normally invite your DH and your mommy to watch? If not then why not give your kids that same respect? And if you can't trust your ped alone with your kid for an entire physical that takes 10 min max, start looking for another dr.[/quote]

THIS. I HATE anyone else being in the exam room with me besides the dr. Like I hate it when they insist on having a nurse or a med student or some pre med scribe taking notes so they don't have to type on the computer. Yet those people I put up with because they're staff. But to have anyone I know!? No thanks. It's a vulnerable position to be in a robe or even just have someone you hardly know -- or see 1x/yr -- lifting your clothes up. So why would I think my 14 year old would like having me there? Guess what moms a lot of your kids who are asked in front of you whether they want mom to leave are just saying it's ok stay because they know they have to deal with you on the car ride home with the -- you made me leave; WHY; what's the big deal; what did you tell the dr. blah blah.

I understand for kids they need a parent there because they don't always know family history or even their own history/meds etc., yet for the actual exam for a 14+ year old kid?? Give me a break, they can handle that alone with the dr. and then the parent can return to discuss findings/necessary shots etc.[/quote]

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