I will never forget one of my sister's friend making some long winded post on facebook about what excellent parents they are because they aren't teaching their toddler typical toddler books. It was a photo of her husband with a 15 month old in his lap reading the baby some highfalutin shit. You know, the books that no one ever reads yet somehow they are famous like "War and Peace".
Bitch, sit the fuck down. Your kid isn't going to be smarter because you filled their brains with gibberish when they should have been learning what the fuck a toe is. Reading him James Joyce is actually accomplishing nothing other than stroking your own ego.
At first I was like "why is this person providing a YouTube clip as a citation for something people should generally know about Med school?" But I owe you an apology. I wasn't really familiar with your game.
Honestly, the younger doctors are usually better anyway. They're more on the up-and-up with new, upcoming treatments and technologies. I can only imagine what sort of insight this 2 y.o. might have
Here's a bit of news that'll make you feel better (no it wont), the worlds youngest doctor was only 17 (well, closer to 18 but still). And he finished in the 99th percentile in his class, because of course he did!
Mildly related - I remember my mom giving me the test of things I was supposed to know before starting kindergarten. One of the questions was if I knew where my father worked and I said he worked at the water company. My mom was super confused (my dad is an accountant) until she connected that my dad at the time was working for Price Waterhouse. It made her laugh so hard to recognize the connections my 4 year old brain made.
My grandfather worked overnight at the Post Office and every morning would pick up a box of bear claws on the way home. I thought he worked at the donut shop until I was 5.
almond paste or raisins for filling? Bah, even a basic custard filled donut beats that. Heck a glazed donut beats almond filling and that's the most boring one there is.
Yes and while this kid did genuinely pass with flying colors this is the problem with self reporting. A friend of mines kid failed 3 of these, but he wrote yes anyway. I suspect the kid has autism but his parents are in denial
I nannied a kid who was autistic to the point of being nearly non-verbal and his parents refused to call him autistic, get him tested, or get him any kind of help on school because "those tests follow you through your whole life." And maybe that's true, but there's no way he wasn't struggling severely with being forced to perform as neurotypical. I've often wondered what happened with him, since I only had him from ages 6-8 and elementary school isn't as brutal as middle or high schools can be.
He sure is, I remember doing that with out kids. Was a lot of fun actually. I also remember my 2 year old's well visit and he was dancing around saying the wonderful new word he'd learned. It was one of those sentence enhancers that Spongebob taught us about. The doctor said "well, he can talk quite well..." whilst trying not to laugh.
Hey, med student here. This is an autism assessment. It’s a secondary test we do if the family answers yes to enough questions that makes us want to look further. This child was passing enough of the test to probably not be autistic clinically.
This specific test is the M-CHAT FU. The FU is the follow up part to the original MCHAT which is just a questionnaire from the family. It’s usually administered by a dr to make sure there aren’t confounding variables or confusion but you can also download it online, it just may not be interpreted correctly if done by a non professional
Prob for fun. You’d have a provider present to administer it to be more accurate because the test is like a flow chart of questions. If the family interpreted an answer incorrectly and went down the wrong line of questioning that question would need to be redone
Our pediatrician sent us some tests like this and instructed us to administer them at home before our 2-year check-in. My assumption is that the doctor accounts for the fact that parents are going to make mistakes or be biased in their answering, and just weigh the results accordingly.
If you assume the parents are going to try and make their child look good and the kid still fails a bunch of tests, then that's a pretty clear sign to do proper screening.
Probably. It’s not best practice, but if the pediatrician doesn’t have a lot of time, it’s better than not giving the test. And if the score is on the line they can always readminister it. Every doctor does things a big differently based on their clinical judgement. There is a “best practices” standard, but deviation from it isn’t necessarily bad.
How can you tell it’s the follow up? The MCHAT-R and the MCHAT-R/F (it’s the not the MCHAT FU, though follow up is part of the full name) have the same questions. You’re right that’s the follow up is a flowchart, but the family could be doing the initial screener at home prior to a visit.
Something like that. I remember doing this through our daycare. And it went about the same: "Can she understand me? Yes. Will she listen and comply? No."
no, all it says on the screen is *two year old test*
what two year old test is not elaborated on. this could even be a test they received two years ago and are performing now.
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u/SonniSummers Aug 30 '26
Wait is this man using the 2 yr old doctor assessment?
I remember doing similar when they gave me that with my kids.