Im serious about this.
My friends daughter when she was 16 tried to kill herself but only drank half a bottle of childrens tylenol (which we all know will not kill you) and her parents brought her to the hospital and the dr. told them she would be fine. ( she was doing it for attention obviously)
But the parents wanted to teach their daughter a lesson.
They asked the dr. to pump her stomach as a punishment.
Do you agree with their decision.
(there daughter has never tried to do it again.)
2007-06-13 06:45:09 · 10 answers · asked by Catherine 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
Parenting is a hard job and sometimes we just don't do a very good job at it despite our best efforts. I have never had a child try to kill themselves, but I can imagine it is terrifying and I can see how one's judgement could be clouded. Any person who has tried to kill themselves, regardless if it was a serious attempt or an attempt that is purposefully designed to not really work, needs professional help and not a punishment. I would not want to pass judgement on another parent, but asking the doctor to needlessly perform a medical procedure really wasn't the best choice in this situation. Regardless if the daughter has never tried to commit suicide again up to this point in her life, it does not mean that she won't try again sometime. Any talk of or act of attempting suicide is a cry for help and needs to be taken seriously.
2007-06-13 07:11:04 · answer #1 · answered by sevenofus 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, that was the wrong way to go about teaching a lesson. The put their daughter through physical pain for no reason. They should have gotten her therapy instead. The doctor shouldn't have done something like that seeing as how it wasn't necessary. Some people have no feelings at all.
2007-06-13 16:03:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
ARE YOU SERIOUS??????????? THAT IS NOT A HUMANE PUNISHMENT!!!!!!!!! I had my stomach pumped when I found my way into some Cataprast (a blood-pressure pill) when I was like 1 1/2. If they wanted to teach their daughter a lesson, they should have either showed her pictures of people that have died of overdoses or whooped her a** something proper...........
2007-06-13 06:56:14 · answer #3 · answered by Louisiana Boy™ - Go Baylor! 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is no doctor in their right mind who would force an unnecessasary procedure on anyone, much less a child. IF this really happened the child should sue the doctor and her parents.
2007-06-13 06:54:09 · answer #4 · answered by jilldaniel_wv 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
sure it just proves that if shes gonna get attention she has to follow the actual proceedure in curing her. so i think it is a good ideait slike a punishment
2007-06-17 06:43:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Good lord, of course not. And I really doubt the doctor's unneccesarily pumped her stomach.
Yawn.
2007-06-13 06:49:04 · answer #6 · answered by Dalice Nelson 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Sure do, it takes one time to have to drink that nasty charcoal and usually ends that.But it would be smart to get to the bottom of why she felt she wanted to commit suicide.
2007-06-13 08:01:25 · answer #7 · answered by Granny 1 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if there is a health problem with her because of it then yes but otherwise NO. you cant do that to your child just to be vindictive!!
2007-06-13 07:02:34 · answer #8 · answered by newlypiercedears 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No I don't think that was right.
2007-06-13 06:52:31 · answer #9 · answered by B 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
that is sick. are her parents mad?
2007-06-13 07:04:25 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋