A doctor is not your childs friend

It seems to me a doctor is not your child's friend.

Every time I read an article where a kid has been forced into diapers for bed or pants wetting, it seems a doctor has told the parent the kid is lazy. That is not a fair statement in my opinion especially after tests show no physical problem. Who is a doctor to make such a cruel statement just because he has Dr. before his name. How many kids have been hurt because a doctor made such a statement. It seems they should be liable for causing undo harm to a child because of the fact they can not diagnose the problem.

In other cases it has been stated by the doctor the child is just rebelling against the parent therefore they wet their pants or bed. So the parent says OK I'll show you who is boss here.

If a child continues to wet their bed for some time I doubt they are doing it on purpose especially when they are beat and humiliated for it.

Just my two cents. Any other thoughts would be appreciated.

I honestly think your choice in a Dr. needs to be looked at very closely if they telling you to diaper your child for bed wetting. Those days should have been gone back in the mid 1980s especially with the advent of night time protection other than diapers. This may sound odd coming from myself due to the money my Mom made from manufacturing Bed Wetting Diapers along with her other Hospital Linens.

As a teen I was put back in diapers full time not for wetting but to break my affection for diaper wearing or fetish as it is referred to today. Much to everyone's surprise this just reinforced my love of wearing diapers and provided me with full time diaper care from my family.

Way to go Dr. ( quack )

I think there are things, even doctors can't explain or fix, not easily anyway. But, I also think, there is great expectations laid on doctors to be the person with the answers. I'm not trying to defend a doctor who might do this so much, I'm just throwing a possibility out there. I think there are expected to give an answer and be in the "know". So, sometimes it might not be the best answer, but they give some kind of answer. This can turn out to be a dangerous thing to do unfortunately. Take even a doctors advice with a grain of salt, and if it don't sound like good advice, seek out someone else!

Very good point Luvs, we do have to remember they are people too. We can only hope that as people we can all learn by our mistakes and improve going forward in life.

I agree with both of you I like the idea about another doctors advice too but unfortunately it seems many a parent took that as a grain of salt and resorted to just diapering and humiliuating their kid sad very sad.

I think in fairness to most doctors wearing diapers,(either cloth or disposables) and plastic pants for bedwetting or pants wetting does not have to be for punishment or shame, but to make the child feel more comfortable and secure at night time. In the fifties there was the Gesell Institute of Child Development that advocated putting a child in diapers and rubber pants for bed and pants wetting,if the child was under 6 years old as a means of letting the child feel less embarressed than resorting to spanking or shaming or even more worse and degrading punishments.