On this week’s episode, Katie and Co-Host Serheen Noor Ali from Hello Sleuth interview  Dr. Kelly Fradin about building trusted relationships with your child’s pediatrician. Dr. Fradin shines a light on parent and patient experiences through being a physician in public health and in private practice. She touches on ways to have productive conversations with your child’s pediatrician to create a lasting and effective relationship.

[4:00] Introductions

[6:45] Barriers her patients were experiencing

[9:00] Information to create independence and confidence

[9:24] Reading your audience as a Pediatrician

[11:00] Dr. Fradin’s book on Advanced Parenting

[13:00] Choosing a Pediatrician

[14:54] Finding a new Pediatrician first

[16:41] Who to share feedback with

[18:36] Finding different Pediatricians for different age groups

[20:04] Listening to your adolescent about doctor preferences

[22:30] Atria Institue

[25:30] The power parents have

[27:30] Developmental screenings from the pediatrician’s office

[31:06] Judgement free zone

[32:00] Preparation tools

[34:32] Preparing for lab draws

[37:38] The positive difference that Child Life makes

[39:10] Making a plan

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