Posted by: drmolly in well visit, teenager, check up on
Sep 01, 2010
Most parents are good about scheduling well child checkups while their kids are young. Once children are in grade school, though, many parents fall off the wagon and by the time kids are in middle and high school (unless the child play a sport, which mandates a checkup) many children aren't seen regularly for health maintenance visits. Some parents figure that if their child is doing well enough in school, is growing and seems healthy the need