Questions from my Doctor

[HarleyFixer]

For the most part, our duty is to scold the parents if they give the wrong answer.

If my Dr attempts to scold me over anything NOT medical related he is going to get told to mind his own business in a not very polite way.

 

[jackstinson]

Doctors are of our own choosing.
If yours does something you don't appreciate, there are thousands of other doctors out there just begging for your business. If you don't wish to change, then don't complain.
I would have politely explained that this was none of his business, and added that I would be changing physicians asap.
Doctors are like restaurants....too many of them around to put up with bad service from any of them!

 

[TexasBill]

similar to the Dear Abby advise given previously (which I really like )

I subscribe to the Fred Flintstone school of business management.... as any statement or question directed at you can be fielded with one of the following responses (given repeatedly in random sequence)...

1. What's your angle?
2. I'll buy that!
3. Who's baby is that, anyways?

Try it with a friend and you'll be amazed at how well it works.

On the serious side, to my knowledge, our pediatricians (group practice), haven't asked any firearms related questions. (though I'm not the one who usually take them).

But they do regularly embarrass us by asking the kids.... "do you always ware a helmet when you ride you bike?".

Without any coaching, my daughters seem to know intuitively that...
1. they probably should
2. they rarely do
& 3. this is a potentially embarrassing revelation.

So they invariably look at me with an awkward expression, and ALWAYS get the same anwer.... "tell the truth"

Judging by some of the comments on this thread, I suspect that we are one of the few families left in this country who feel that lying is a sin and that consistently telling the truth is life skill that you have to practice with intention.

Why is the pediatrician asking my kid such a prying personal question? Is it a anti-bicycle conspiracy to rat out all bare headed peddlers? Or perhaps, just maybe she wants to spare us the heart ache of suffering an otherwise easily avoided, serious accidental head injury, by giving us a friendly reminder?

So after my daughter stammers her response... "well, sometimes I forget", I chime in with "we need to work on that one" and we move on to the next topic.

But if we ever do get the "guns in the house" question and my daughter puts two and two together in her head and gives me that awkward look, I'll respond by saying "what has daddy taught you about guns". Her truthfully response will satisfy the Doc and we can move on to the next embarrassing question.

Does the AMA have an anti-gun agenda? Definitely!

Does the pediatrician I take my kids to have their best interest at heart and is trustworthy? Well, if not, I'd be a fool to take them there.

Have you fulfilled you responsibility as a parent and educated your young child regarding gun safety? I hope so.

Well put! We've never had that question, but we would answer it honestly. Our children are all older but we now have grandchildren, so all guns in our household still are in locked containers or have locks rendering them inoperable and the ammunition still is stored separately. The only exceptions are the guns we carry on our persons, when we are carrying them. We also store harmful chemicals and such out of reach.

 

[ndh87]

If it were me, i would tell the doc that none of those questions are medically relevant and wouldn't be answered.

 

[Justin]

This is a good discussion topic, and a lot of excellent information has been posted on how to respond to this particular situation.

I've pruned some of the posts that don't really have anything to do with the topic to make the thread a bit more user-friendly and readable.