Mom refuses to take her son to the hospital after he spikes a 106.3 degree fever: ‘That’s over 41 degrees Celsius’

There is no shortage of debates in parenting forums about how to treat (or not treat) a child’s fever. Opinions range from rushing kids to the hospital the second their temperature reaches 99.5 degrees, and letting their kids fester with no medicine when their fever is over 104 degrees. The truth is probably somewhere in …
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Millennial shares her first ever experience with a Gen Z doctor and gives highest praise, sparks others to share their positive experiences: ‘Brace yourself, because it’s adorable!’

As the years start coming (and they don’t stop coming) we start to see a younger generation take over important positions in society. The «greatest generation» was afraid of the baby boomers taking over, and the boomers are still afraid of the millennials taking over. [Gen X is just along for the ride, they don’t …
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22 Memes to Remind You That You’re Definitely Overdue for the Dentist

Does anyone actually enjoy going to the dentist? Like really, truly enjoy it? Because for most of us, we’re pretending everything is fine while internally panicking about how long it’s been since our last visit or if we can successfully convince the dentist that we’ve been flossing every day. The worst part about the dentist …
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20 Funny Hospital Reviews From the Front Lines of Healthcare

It’s hard to say if there really is such a thing as a ‘good’ hospital experience. A place you only ever go to when you’re sick or injured is never going to be a shining example of fulfillment and joy, no matter how many cheerful clipart health & safety notices they decorate the ward with. …
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Doctor calls 14-month-old 72nd percentile weight baby ‘obese’ based on appearance on his medical forms, stuns his mother: ‘He is 23lbs’

Infancy is the only time in your life when being fat is considered a good thing. If you’re a fat baby, everyone and their mother is obsessed with how chunky and cute you are, but if you’re fat at any other stage of life, you’re a scourge to humanity and must be punished to the …
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Mom refuses to take 18-year-old daughter to doctor when she’s been sick for a month, refuses to give her necessary document to go to doctor herself: ‘She started crying saying that how could I go against her better judgements’

Every illness requires a different level of medical intervention. If every citizen showed up in the emergency room every time you stub your toe, the medical system, as we know it, would collapse. On the flip side, if you refuse to let your kids see a doctor on the grounds of your religious beliefs, no …
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‘I should ask mom, dads never know’: ER doctor assumes dad doesn’t know any his son’s medical information, asks mom to check the forms instead

The dopey sitcom Dad has been the archetypal American father for some time. He’s more interested in drinking a beer and watching the game than hanging out with his kids. He’s not that smart, and he doesn’t want to be. His work is lengthy and unfulfilling, and although he loves his family, they are incidental …
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Supermom Boosts Her Son’s Self-Confidence By Making Him Book His Own Doctor’s Appointments, Wholesome Video Goes Viral of His Earnest Reaction

Parents these days have been coddling kids a lot. Many of us grew up with knee scrapes, boiling hot metal playgrounds, and a crooked tire on our bikes, which makes it seem like these modern kiddos are losing their fearlessness. Alas, there is a way to combat the tablet-kid mentality and one mom on TikTok …
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Dad of 5 kids in 6 years gets angry when doctor suggests his wife should space out her pregnancies, has another kid while being squatters getting evicted: ‘We got our eviction notice a month before the due date’

Could you imagine the toll it takes on your body to get pregnant as frequently as Michelle Duggar did? I understand the appeal of wanting a big family and not wanting to have geriatric pregnancies. Still, there are ways to achieve that without getting pregnant two months after every birth for over half a decade. …
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21 Nurse Memes for Healthcare Workers Who Always Know When The Full Moon is Here

If you’re a regular person who doesn’t have to work with people at their worst or an even more regular person who does not care a lick about astronomy, you probably don’t know when the full moon is. Sure, you might see it in the sky when driving home from work, but rarely does it …
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