(July 13, 2013 at 4:09 am)missluckie26 Wrote: There's just no safety net for kids. Especially ones under 5. The government doesn't keep track of anything but births and deaths. I haven't heard of anyone getting in trouble for not schooling their kid. Or not taking the baby for required checkups. The government is the biggest its ever been and sTill not doing the absolute basics to protect its citizens. Where's the money? Oh yeah. Bailed out the banks. Now they took that money and used it to lobby mOre of our rights away. Yay.
In fairness... Those of us that do take our kids to the doctor and/or ER are scrutinized.
My oldest broke his collar bone when he was 2.5 or 3. We went to the ER, and this only occurred to me afterwards, but we were placed in the exam room directly across from the nurses' station. I'm guessing so they could watch my interactions with him. They also had various people ask me how he got injured. Seriously, like 5 or 6 different nurses/doctors, again, I'd guess to make sure I wasn't telling people different stories. I wasn't paranoid during the ER visit, my son broke his collar bone coloring whilst standing in a wagon. But in retrospect it was nice to see people were looking out for him.
I had similar a experience with our pediatrician when the same son tripped down our porch steps (what can I say, he's a klutz like mom), resulting in a giant scrape on half of his face and a spectacular black eye. Again, I was asked several times how it happened and the doc asked me if I or my husband were stressed.
There is a small safety net. But abusive parents often keep their kids out of the system as long as possible, thereby rendering it ineffective for lots of small children.
