The days are long gone when a family doctor was intimately knowledgeable of the families he or she was treating for years and years. So often, those doctors knew the daily habits and lifestyles of their patients and when a kid came in with out-of-the-ordinary injuries, it was fairly obvious someone had knocked the kid around. Now everyone must be assumed guilty of abusing their child until they prove otherwise so they can help those who are. Nevermind of course the invasion of privacy, false accusations, and social stigma that follows even a single false accusation.
Listen, every mom’s been there. One of my kids bumped her front teeth on a coffee table, and she got huge and theatrical black eyes and strange bruises around her mouth. It isn’t just docs who look at you dirty, it’s everyone in the grocery store. But if the docs aren’t careful, they’ll be criminally liable.