If you’re a parent and have an issue with this… You shouldn’t have had children.
@adamfare1996 What possible good can come from this?
@adamfare1996 Yep. If you wanted complete control over a living being’s medical decisions forever, get a cat. (Or tortoise, they live longer.) Part of having a kid means understanding they’re going to make decisions without you.
@adamfare1996 This presumes that said medical provider has the child’s best interest in mind. Seems reasonable for a parent to be concerned about this practice, especially in this current age of medicalization.
@adamfare1996 Stay away from children.
So — I guess I shouldn’t be a parent. Thirteen year olds do not have the maturity to make these decisions. This type of message to young people is exactly how Larry Nassar got away with sexually abusing patients for 20 years. Note that keeping secrets from parents and making children suspect of their parents’ motives is a methodology of pedophiles & other adult abusers. This is the exact language those predators use. Exact language.