Parents, how would you feel about this situation during your daughter’s annual check-up?
I’m curious how other parents would feel about this situation.
My teenage daughter, who has already started her period, had an annual check-up with a male pediatrician.
Last year during a visit, the doctor performed a breast and genital exam without explaining it beforehand and without consent from either my daughter or her parents. My daughter felt very uncomfortable afterward.
Because of that experience, before this year’s appointment we told the clinic that we did not want that type of exam done there again. We also explained that if something like that was medically necessary, we would prefer to see a gynecologist separately.
On the day of this year’s annual check-up, her father took her to the appointment and mentioned this again to the clinic.
However, during the visit the doctor asked her father to step outside the room. He assumed it was routine and stepped out.
While he was outside, the doctor performed the same type of exam again without explaining it beforehand, and there was no nurse or chaperone present in the room.
After the appointment my daughter was very upset and cried on the way home.
Later, when we contacted the clinic, they apologized and explained that the exam was done to check puberty development.
As a parent of a daughter, this situation made me feel very uncomfortable.
How would other parents feel about this situation?
Posted Mar 14, 2026, 12:19 AM UTC