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The following response(s) were posted yesterday on another thread. I'm just curious as to how representative this person's views are of the home schooling crowd. Anyone like to weigh in here?

"We also need a list of homeschool friendly doctors/dentists........A homeschool friendly doctor/dentist would be one who does not question a parent's authority, one who does not pry into a family's business, does not ask questions inappropriate for children to answer, does not order the parent out of the examining room. Will not report you to CPS if you have not taken your child to a doctor unless it is an emergency, will not report you to CPS for possible neglect because you do not have the money to pay for routine exams..........Because when a family goes against what society dictates/does, it raises red flags. Anyone who homeschools can tell you this."

From my perspective, the age of the child is the critical issue. My son is 7, and I wouldn't permit him to receive medical attention of any sort without my (or my wife's) personal involvement and attendance. I'd never permit any adult to question my son on our family life. FWIW, we've never been asked by a doctor/dentist to remove ourselves from the presence of our son during an examination. If we were, we would comply immediately, and take our son with us.

When he's 17, I doubt we'll hold that same view. Where the break is, I'm not sure.

Most doctors don't want parents in the room unless the doctors need their input. Especially if the kid is old enough to discuss complaint himself. It does not surprise me that the type of parent that homeschools would insist on being in an examining room with their child (probably all the way to age 18).