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When parents disagree on how to respond to their child experiencing medical racism

My daughter is starting to have panic attacks before doctor visits after a pediatrician made some really inappropriate comments about her weight and behavior, and my wife wants to just switch doctors, but I think we need to report this and my daughter is caught between our different approaches to handling discrimination.

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Caregivers are pulled between protection and action, while their child bears the weight of both the original harm and their conflicted response.

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