This happened recently to a family in our church. That’s pretty close to home.<\/p>\n
It happened at a doctor’s office in Silverton, Oregon. That’s close to home also.<\/p>\n
A mother took her toddler in for a routine check-up. In the course of the visit, the doctor asked the little girl, “What does your mommy do when you are bad?”<\/p>\n
What?!<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
When the little girl matter-of-factly answered, “Spank me,” the doctor reacted by berating the mother. In front of the child.<\/p>\n
What?!<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
In my estimation, that doctor committed two extremely serious wrongs here.<\/p>\n
First, unless there is evidence (and there was none) that the child is being abused, she has absolutely and positively no business asking a little one such a question. None. Period. To me, she is guilty of a monumental ethical violation.<\/p>\n
Secondly, to lambaste the mother in front of her daughter is a tremendous lapse in judgment, protocol, and professionalism. And manners, too.<\/p>\n
Would the mainstream media please make an issue of doctors who thus spy on and invade the privacy of innocent families? Maybe even make this at least as big a story as the monitoring of terror suspects’ international communications?<\/p>\n
(I’d tell you the doctor’s name but I don’t have it.)<\/p>\n
So you tell me — Am I over-reacting? Is this normal for doctors to do? Is it morally right? Is it legally acceptable?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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