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In reply to the discussion: no more, no less. a pediatrician looks at ALL parents as POTENTIAL abusers. [View all]RiffRandell
(5,909 posts)60. Posts like these remind me of Clark Griswold.
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no more, no less. a pediatrician looks at ALL parents as POTENTIAL abusers. [View all]
seabeyond
Apr 2013
OP
"I stopped being polite years ago." = the doctor *is* angering and discouraging them, & personally
HiPointDem
Apr 2013
#106
yes, a lot of company, including the US government. which is why my comment was sarcastic.
HiPointDem
Apr 2013
#283
bullshit. few smokers puff directly into other people's faces and puffing smoke into the air has
HiPointDem
Apr 2013
#288
oh wah wah. and smokers don't "inevitably" "toss the butts out in a shower of sparks" either.
HiPointDem
Apr 2013
#304
One could argue that a lot of the things that we voluntarily put into our bodies
Aristus
Apr 2013
#282
My, this rings a bell! You remind me one of my favorite DU smoking threads, ever!
msanthrope
Apr 2013
#130
abuse can take the form of a doctor using his position of power to berate and demean his
HiPointDem
Apr 2013
#292
Do you ask them about alcohol, drugs, especially prescription drugs they have lying around
sabrina 1
Apr 2013
#93
No way you are a physician of any sort. You are not the provider, and it is not 'your clinic'.
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2013
#314
ok. you hate smoking. in the way I dislike fast driving.seriously? Smokers shouldn't be parents?
robinlynne
Apr 2013
#64
This isn't the first time I've had smokers complain because they are, in a sense,
Aristus
Apr 2013
#89
is the patient smoking in the doctor's office? no? then the doctor is not getting smoke blown in
HiPointDem
Apr 2013
#295
touching nicotine doesn't poison you. neither does breathing clothes with smoke smell in them.
HiPointDem
Apr 2013
#305
irrelevant to my post, which said: touching someone with nicotine on your fingers doesn't poison
HiPointDem
Apr 2013
#310
you don't have to be. nicotine on one's fingers and cigarette smell in one's clothing isn't 2nd-hand
HiPointDem
Apr 2013
#317
is it a bad influence to have judgmental hysterics for parents? how about to have judgmental,
HiPointDem
Apr 2013
#326
I'm not a pediatrician. I'm a primary care provider. And a Physician Assistant, not a doctor.
Aristus
Apr 2013
#110
I never tell my patients that quitting is going to be easy. Nicotine is the most addictive substance
Aristus
Apr 2013
#127
"I've seen my mother try to quit many times" = someone apparently *did* tell her that, & she
HiPointDem
Apr 2013
#298
I heard you're a medical assistant, not a PA. There's a big difference. If you're doing the
HiPointDem
Apr 2013
#345
it doesn't matter to me; you're still a medical provider giving false information to patients.
HiPointDem
Apr 2013
#363
it's funny you can't address my actual criticism; your claim that smokers poison their children
HiPointDem
Apr 2013
#365
Re-read everything this poster has said. It is simply telling people THE TRUTH about their actions.
KittyWampus
Apr 2013
#240
no; the doctor is telling lies to his patients. it's a *lie* that parents who smoke are
HiPointDem
Apr 2013
#296
this guy is a *medical assistant*? & he's running his mouth telling people they're poisoning their
HiPointDem
Apr 2013
#341
Pill poppers don't care either and since the whole country seems to be on pills of one
sabrina 1
Apr 2013
#109
The longest living people I've ever known, have been the least likely to stress and obsess
sabrina 1
Apr 2013
#266
If you'll re-read my posts carefully, you'll notice I never said smoking was the only hazard to
Aristus
Apr 2013
#267
My fil is a diabetic and I helped take care of him for while after the death of my mil. He
sabrina 1
Apr 2013
#272
you weren't *talking* about smokers, you were talking about smokers who poisoned their
HiPointDem
Apr 2013
#300
As you have already picked up, it's getting harder and harder for me to be compassionate on this
Aristus
Apr 2013
#234
Being honest isn't being insulting. And it's very, very telling so many DU'ers confuse the two.
KittyWampus
Apr 2013
#243
being honest *is* insulting when you do it rudely. as the doctor admits he does.
HiPointDem
Apr 2013
#301
I don't think it's extreme, as long as the doctor's concern isn't extreme
Voice for Peace
Apr 2013
#3
here is another perfectly good example. a vet. a vet looks at the client as a potential abuser.
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#4
It's fine if they know how to use the training. In my case it wasn't a vet, just a friend
Voice for Peace
Apr 2013
#14
you have an issue about the discussion on that thread, follow every poster that understood
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#7
Exactly. This OP was for the purpose of justifying the "all men are potential rapists" debacle.
pacalo
Apr 2013
#349
it is simple to me cali. i guess it is not to others. not gonna fight over this. OP clear. nt
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#8
"Being vigilant doesn't de facto signify looking at all parents as potential abusers."
redqueen
Apr 2013
#31
i have always appreciated it and never felt affronted by it. but, this is a very good example. nt
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#10
abuse does not always have visible signs. you would really want doctors to ignore this? not me. nt
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#13
I think there's a fine line between the doctor being alert and informed,
Voice for Peace
Apr 2013
#17
then at that point a client has the choice to say, screw that doctor, i will find a different one.
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#18
and that is all a woman is saying. better safe than sorry. again, no more or no less than that. nt
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#74
The only time I felt that anyone looked at me as a potential abuser was when my daughter
Arkansas Granny
Apr 2013
#21
did he ask the kid about his diet, how much exercise, tv.... and knowing you as a parent, yes,
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#23
no. it is not. when are a couple percentage higher in baby murder up to a year older. then men
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#26
fuckin for real? what, i should lie, pretend otherwise, not challenge soemthing incorrect or
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#32
because i give FACTs = manhater. this is your cutting to chase? have at it hoss.
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#41
you cannot argue so you go to your easy, man hater and grammar. brilliant. nt
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#39
you would be wrong. 2-3% of rapes are false claims per U.S., england and australia.
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#35
Ah...and how many parents actually abuse their kids? How many with guns hurt others?
The Straight Story
Apr 2013
#45
Your stats are right, very few women who are raped make false claims I posted a graphic on
stevenleser
Apr 2013
#328
well if they fit a certain percent, us white folks should be scared of them
The Straight Story
Apr 2013
#59
"Do they remind you and others of this?" you might talk to the MEN about this since they are almost
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#92
lol. i never read his posts.... i pretty much get thru the first sentence. nt
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#136
Ok, you know what - let's just boil it down to something really simple
The Straight Story
Apr 2013
#237
The thread is about pediatric physicians and automatic assumptions of abuse.
ismnotwasm
Apr 2013
#145
arley started a thread yesterday attacking feminist about always saying, all men are potential rapis
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#148
you want to stop hearing all men are potential rapist, tell men to quit saying, all men are potentia
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#223
Assuming this is in response to the "all men are potential rapists", here is my question.
DanTex
Apr 2013
#34
I guess if statistics show that workers are overwhelmingly those that steal, then that CEO is right.
KitSileya
Apr 2013
#114
dantex. we do nto need to make the point for the most part. men bring this sentence up
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#138
Fair enough. I don't know the history of who said it first and who claimed what.
DanTex
Apr 2013
#157
i do not think any of us do. in the future, see who brings it up. betcha 100 to 1 it will be a man
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#161
It's not about softening so much as not choosing deliberately inflammatory language.
DanTex
Apr 2013
#231
Sometimes the frustration gets so high that I get my back up and I'm ornery just because.
KitSileya
Apr 2013
#246
No, you wouldn't. Not if you were on the receiving end of inflammatory language like this.
stevenleser
Apr 2013
#359
Thanks for this! I think a lot of the problem is that it is a glib slogan
Luminous Animal
Apr 2013
#108
are you saying you disagree with Op and it is extreme? then there is a lotta lotta extreme in this
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#43
"gee, dad, you must have jumped that car fifty yards!" "Nothin' to be proud of, Russ"
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2013
#65
"I'm glad the staff were as thorough as they were in ruling me, or anyone else out as a cause."
LanternWaste
Apr 2013
#66
Well, about what 'potential' means. In the story about the doctors and your injured mother
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2013
#168
The ER staff was advocating for their patient. LanternWaste wasn't the patient. The ER
Luminous Animal
Apr 2013
#112
Could you squeeze any more Fox News talking points into this? I bet you could.
Squinch
Apr 2013
#294
very very balanced post and missing the land mines. yes. exactly. thank you. helps to see it
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#90
you would have to read the article. not gona get non biased from these two. UL is following
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#149
always fabricating shit. fault? wtf? and bummer. i deleted the OP and the link to the report
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#155
'I think rape is committed by rapists, who are criminals and individuals and who belong in prison.'
Rex
Apr 2013
#215
I can *mostly understand it. I'm repulsed by it, however. My family didn't require that scrutiny
bigtree
Apr 2013
#123
ya know. if you feel that way i would think you would have addressed the man that put this garbage
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#167
ream my ass is a rape reference? well then, see how this works. thanks for the info. i will not
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#227
nope. i didnt. i learn all the time. didnt know wuss was a combination of two words either.
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#249
but, you cheer arneys thread accusing feminists saying this. when he was the only one saying it.
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#219
i didnt see you saying the same shit in arneys thread. hypocrite? or bullshitter? nt
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#228
Once my son fell off the climbing gym at school and broke his wrist. He is on the autism spectrum.
kimbutgar
Apr 2013
#255
Seems that working with children presents a double edged sword when it comes to detecting abuse.
alp227
Apr 2013
#348
"Guilty until proven innocent" combined with "think of the children". I wonder what's next.
idwiyo
Apr 2013
#299
I don't think most people carry the image- in fact most carry the false, reverse image....
bettyellen
Apr 2013
#332