Would you let your six year old have an eye test with a smear person whilst you were in different room also having an eye test?

[Bartenderandthethief]

As the title says, would you?

So, did something bad happen during the exam?

whats th gender got to do with it

My optician won't do this, even with an older kid (11) (I tried!)

Yes I would.

DD2, I would not have done, as her behaviour at that age can best be described as feral. DS I would not have done as he has something quite wrong with his eyes, that has needed three operations and I have never not been in on an eye test with him. DD1, no problems with her eyes of note, behaved well, yes, I would have been happy to do this.

No. My dd wouldn't like it. I still go in with my dd who is 10.

I have no idea what you are talking about op.
Do you mean a nurse who does the smears doing an eye test while you are in another room?

There is another adult present - at the dentist there's always the assistant / dental nurse taking down the notes - that's universal for kids and adults, I've never been to a dentist where it isn't the case.

Tipsy read the thread the OP clarifies.

I would have thought that by 6 a child can happily sit and have an eye test, I mean, you don't usually go to school with your 6 yr old and sit in class with them seeing what they do.

Kids are way too smothered these days, give em some space! We all moan when our teens do nowt for themselves, but we can't let our 6 yr olds have an eye test for 5 minutes?? x :-) Let 'em do things on their own! :-)

Of course. He was in the next room not a different shop!

What were you worried about? They will have had DBS check.

No.

No, because my kids get shy and don't answer questions well.

I wouldn't, but only because I had a bad experience as 12yo with an optician getting a bit pervy in the dark. Nothing illegal, just inappropriate comments about my appearance, perfume etc. He was the opposite sex from me, but it just highlighted how vulnerable you are as a child with an adult getting that close and personal in a confined, dark space.

No. Why can't you go one after the other?

I'm very very surprised they did this, I work with lots of optoms and don't know anyone who would test without another adult in the room.

Kids are way too smothered these days, give em some space! We all moan when our teens do nowt for themselves, but we can't let our 6 yr olds have an eye test for 5 minutes?? x :-) Let 'em do things on their own! :-)

It's nothing to do with that, it's all about adults being covered if anything happens.

No I wouldn't, because I would wish to be present to answer questions on medical history, and to generally reassure my 6yo. In the same way I would be present at the doctors, OT, or dentist check up.

Nothing to do with child protection, all to do with passing on accurate information, and child reassurance.

I'm quite lax/lenient but my 14.5 year old hasn't been to the dentist or optician alone yet. Not because I don't trust him but because I thought they had to be accompanied until they were 16? You learn something new every day on here! Next time I'll sit in Costa whilst he gets on with it.

At 6? No, not at all, although the sex of the person doing the test would be irrelevant.

If my 10 yo wanted to go in alone with me sat outside, I’d probably let him.

My 5 year old had (most of) a test by herself becuase I couldnt keep her younger sibling quiet and still in the room. I didnt leave the premises though, and the optician gave me a run down of the results at the end. However this was just a standard pre school check and she hadn't show any issues before hand- I might feel differently if she had known eye problems and i wanted to know how thing were going. She's also not one for messing about so i could trust her to behave. Not sure I'd have sent her in while i had my own appointment though- I'd rather have been available in case she panicked and needed to know i was still around.

You may find that you have to accompany your child anyway. A few months ago, my 13 year old had an eye test at Specsavers, and the optition said I needed to be in the room. When you think about, they need to safeguard themselves, same sex or not.

I'm assuming you mean in case the optician is a peodophile? For that, I'd be fine, I don't want to live my life assuming everyone's a paeodophile. What about at school?
But, I wouldn't let my 6 yr old go in alone. Because she wants to wear glasses so might fail on purpose. So, no, to check she behaves.

My ds 7 had an eye test last week with a lady without me in the room. I never had one thought about it being an issue