Doctors and my kid
As background, when I was 12 I was sexually violated by my pediatrician with my mother in the room, and instead of standing up for me she berated me for not wanting to comply, and berated me then for crying after the fact.
I have a 16 month old son now, who has infantile esotropia and has to have a series of eye surgeries so he can have normal vision. So we’ve had to have more interactions with doctors than I would care to. And it’s been hard. I’m just getting really tired of having doctors treat me like an insane person for asserting boundaries (do not touch my kid without asking), asking questions about what is going to happen and the people who will be involved, and pushing back about the necessity of certain things like putting him in a gown for the surgery. Doctors really are not used to people saying no to them at all, and they get visibly annoyed with me because I tell them no frequently.
I’m honestly shocked that so many parents just hand their children off to a medical team they just met and just trust them to be caring and kind to them. And they just don’t worry about their kid being abused by them at all? Wild. I just can’t imagine being that way at all.