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What Not to Say to the Pediatrician

Recently, a mother and her nervous toddler were waiting for me in my office. To reassure the child, the mother promised her there wouldn’t be any needles used during the visit. “Right, Dr. Barney? No needles?”

At that point, I hadn’t even examined the child. I didn’t know what was wrong with her and had no way of knowing if she might need a blood test. “That all depends on what is wrong with her,” I told the mother, who quickly scowled her disapproval, and the child erupted in protests.

Parents are an essential part of their children’s health care. Even though pediatricians are trained to treat children, we rely on parents’ instincts…

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