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seamusTX wrote:

glockmav wrote:The pamphlet could be improved by stressing firearm safey instead of saying all guns are bad.

I agree. If they have a pamphlet that says "no guns in the house," most people are going to ignore it.

It's amazing to first-time parents how quickly a toddler can get into things that we think are secure (at least it was to me).

- Jim

It is a pamphlet saying no guns in the house.

And I agree with that toddler magician thing... but even my 2 haven't figured out how to open my safe yet.

I think a slightly wrong impression has been given on this (probably my fault). This wasn't a questionnaire that we had to fill out or anything like that. It wasn't even really advice from the doctor. It is a standard "well child" pamphlet that the network produces for each of the recommended checkups that they hand to you essentially as you are leaving the office. It also records your child's basic vitals (height, weight, ...). I didn't have a chance to talk with the doctor about this - I never get to read them until I am already home. Hence my desire to do a letter to the network instead of talking with the specific doctor about it.

I would appreciate the wording of the expertise acknowledgment letter though.

I have been going to a single network of providers since I was seeing a pediatrician. My children now use the same network - and even the same pediatrician for a while. At their well child checkups, a pamphlet has always been distributed regarding things that are "normal" for the children to do along with some advice on things that are good to do. Up until now, there has been no mention of firearms at all. That changed with my son's 5 year old pamphlet (still nothing in my daughter's 2 year old pamphlet). It was the standard "guns (and especially handguns) are bad and will kill your kids if you have any in the house. Don't let your kids to go any other houses with guns either." Okay, that is paraphrasing...

I want to raise a stink about this. I don't really expect anything to change, and I don't really think that this is something to switch doctors over as this is a network pamphlet and not a specific doctor pamphlet - and I like their doctor. But I do want to put the fear of something into their PR and/or legal department and would appreciate suggestions even though I am sure this is straight from the APA.

Things that I want to bring up:
1) Question their experts on firearms. If they don't have any firearm experts, then mention the potential liability of a trusted person such as a doctor offering advice in which they are not an expert.
2) Refute statistics that I am sure they are going to have used (probably including that doctors are much more lethal than guns yet I still take my children to doctors).
3) Boundary violations of giving advice in this area.

I will probably check to see if there are any other areas that I want to complain about (in addition to the firearms), but I am only asking for help on points to make from the firearms point of view.

Thanks!