Old Enough to Know Better: Brat Screaming at the Orthodontist March 23, 2021 | Registered: 19 years ago Posts: 9,199 |
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Re: Old Enough to Know Better: Brat Screaming at the Orthodontist March 24, 2021 | Registered: 3 years ago Posts: 129 |
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Cambion
Unless they were retarded, 10-11 is far too old to do that fake crying shit and be allowed to scream during an entire medical procedure. That's toddler behavior. I never did that shit when I was a kid, and I'll be the first to admit I was and still am the biggest fucking baby in the world when it comes to pain and discomfort.
Re: Old Enough to Know Better: Brat Screaming at the Orthodontist March 24, 2021 | Registered: 11 years ago Posts: 3,576 |
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Cambion
I feel bad for the dentist or hygienist or whomever is working on the kids because you know the kid is screeching and flailing and not being cooperative whatsoever while I'm sure the parents are out in the waiting room, breathing a sigh of relief that someone else is dealing with their brat for 45 minutes. Can't kids be sedated for this kind of thing? Bratty behavior aside, I imagine the chance of the doctor accidentally injuring them because they're acting like assholes is very high. Would it not be in everyone's best interests to give the kid some laughing gas? And what happens when the procedure takes twice as long because the brat won't sit still and shut up? That will mess up everyone else's appointments.
Re: Old Enough to Know Better: Brat Screaming at the Orthodontist March 24, 2021 | Registered: 12 years ago Posts: 5,635 |
Re: Old Enough to Know Better: Brat Screaming at the Orthodontist March 25, 2021 | Registered: 11 years ago Posts: 3,576 |
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randomcfchick
Good lard n butter. I went through about seven years of extensive orthodontia from about ages 9 to 15 or so, and while it was NOT comfy at times, I didn't pull off that sort of behavior, especially while in the exam room at Dr. L's office!
I probably griped and whined about it to my parents (who, bless them, were pretty understanding because they knew getting arch wires tightened meant it would HURT for several days after), but I was civil and polite to Dr. L and his staff. I sucked it up and subsisted on applesauce, yogurt, and oatmeal as needed when my mouth was sore.
Not knowing the kids involved it's hard to say what exactly was up their butts, but I'd guess that whiny, fake-crying behavior has worked on their parents so they deploy it with other adults at first opportunity...especially if the parents are within earshot because then even if it doesn't work on the other adult, the parents will step in. And if the parent doesn't step in, the kids know the parent heard their "suffering" and the kids can use it as guilt-ammunition later.
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