I get so pissed off at parents who know nothing about their child's medical history, their medications or what symptoms they have been having.
I am not referring to parents who don't know all of their teen's symptoms; that's normal. I am also not referring to foster parents. My experience with foster parents is that they are given very little useful information.
I am talking about parents who don't know if their infant's diaper has needed changing more or less than usual. I am talking about parents who don't know if their young child has had trouble breathing. I am talking about parents who have no idea if THEIR OWN child has ever been hospitalized, or what that surgical scar is from. I give a little slack to non-custodial parents (although they should find out information like that if they are keeping the kid for the weekend). But it's amazing how many parents with full custody of their children have no freaking clue about their health status.
While I am on the subject, let's talk about teenagers. It's great that some parents are letting their teenage kids start to manage their own health. But 14-year-old kids are not adults!! As parents, you need to know what medicines your kid is supposed to take, and make some effort to make sure they take them.
