Hey Daddioe, I have a show for you...

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Hey Daddioe, I have a show for you...
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Wed, 02-22-2006 - 6:38pm

... and for any parent who wants to get rid of their teen's bf/gf. LOL The show is entitled Parental Control and it's on MTV in the afternoon's. It's the goofiest show, but after reading your post about weenieboy's taste in music, of course, I thought of you. On this show, the parent's dislike their child's bf/gf and get to each chose one date for their child. After going on the blind date, the child then has to choose one of the three, the existing bf/gf or one of the new ones. Hey, this may be your one big chance to find someone you like for your DD. LOL

Mily :)

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Thu, 02-23-2006 - 4:01pm

I understand your therapist friend's concerns about treating family and friends. When I origanally told my dad that I wanted to meet with a psychiatrist, he gave me his friend's phone number... I called him and he ended up referring me to another doctor. Even though I was an adult, he didn't want a situation to arise where my dad wanted information that he wasn't at liberty (by law) to give. Granted, my parents would never expect medical information to be revealed to them (and despite the fact that I do grant my psychiatrist permission to discuss my treatment with my parents), I can see a doctor's hesitation to treat family and friends. Even as a minor, your daughter's treatment and therapy would be completely confidential.


That said, it would be highly, highly inconsiderate of your daughter to put you in a position where your lifestyle would have to be altered. It would be even more inconsiderate to put you in a position where that is likely (by, say, having unprotected sex).

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Thu, 02-23-2006 - 4:16pm
I understand. thanks for your input.
It's funny..as an attorney, the legal aspect of using the term "no right" never dawned on me.
The legal age of consent seems to be a non-issue when two teens of roughly the same age declare they are "in love." Only when one is considerably older than the other would I even think in legal terms about this.
Good point.
Are you thinking of going into law?
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Thu, 02-23-2006 - 4:18pm
aww.. md, that's very kind of you.
But I receive more pointers on this board than I can count.
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Thu, 02-23-2006 - 4:29pm

Another very important reason for not treating family and friends is that a therapist needs to be objective and it would be difficult to do so when he/she is personally involved with them. They can't let their feelings for the person interfer with their treatment.

Mily

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Thu, 02-23-2006 - 4:39pm
I think that's a great little chat, daddioe.
Pam
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Thu, 02-23-2006 - 5:00pm

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It will most likely go like this:

I am telling her (with very short notice) that I am going to talk with him to get to know him better.
She will freak.
I'll ask her if she would like to be present.
She will say no.

Or.. less likely, she may say yes, and be very embarassed by my subject matter. WB will probably go back to DD and feign hurt, that I just don't understand, putting on the Eddie Haskell face exclaiming... "Gee.. whiz.. . gosh.. I'm just a really swell misunderstood sorta guy." :-)

Either way, the manner in which this plays out will evidence the immaturity level on both their parts. I don't mean that critically, it's just the age. More reason not to get in over their heads.

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Thu, 02-23-2006 - 5:33pm
Let us know how it goes, daddio. I like your approach very much. I may be using the same approach soon with my dd's bf.
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Thu, 02-23-2006 - 6:45pm

Considered? Yes. However, when it comes down to it, I don't think it is a career I could thrive in because of various moral/ethical reasons. Criminal law is a fascinating field, but as a defense attorney, I could never

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