How do you explain to your young children that you are a psychiatrist?

[DucktorQuack]

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[IAmAUser]

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[strangeglove]

"I'm a brain doctor."

 

[9point75]

I make sick people feel better.

 

[heyjack70]

I help people who are sad, afraid, or confused.

 

[OldPsychDoc]

Not young anymore--but last summer my teenaged daughter volunteered in our hospital. She was mostly in the "main" hospital, but I arranged for her to shadow our OTs for a couple of days and help with groups. We had one particularly manic woman on the service who had decided that a pair of scrub pants was appropriate head gear, and who spent the entire OT period painting on her arms and singing. LittleMissPsychDoc had only one comment for me that afternoon; "Dad--you work with crazy people!"

 

[Manicsleep]

I see people who see dead people.

 

[nitemagi]

"Daddy helps crazy people."


j/k

 

[digitlnoize]

I see people who see dead people.

I am so using that for the rest of my career. Shiny.

 

[kugel]

Not young anymore--but last summer my teenaged daughter volunteered in our hospital. She was mostly in the "main" hospital, but I arranged for her to shadow our OTs for a couple of days and help with groups. We had one particularly manic woman on the service who had decided that a pair of scrub pants was appropriate head gear, and who spent the entire OT period painting on her arms and singing. LittleMissPsychDoc had only one comment for me that afternoon; "Dad--you work with crazy people!"

I imagine that lady telling the story at home, and then her family asking,
"And nobody noticed? What is WRONG with those people?! Thank God you're not crazy"

 

[Bartelby]

A teacher asks the children in her classroom, "what kind of work do your parents do?"
Little Susie raises her hand and says "my father is a firefighter."
Brad raises his hand and says "my mom is a banker."
Ted raises his hand and says "my dad plays piano in a whorehouse."
The teacher is stunned. "What was that, Ted?"
"I said, my dad plays piano in a whorehouse!"
The teacher calls a parent meeting that afternoon. When the father arrives she tells him what his son has said and asks him for an explanation.
The father blushes a bit and says "I'm truly sorry M'am, I'm actually a malpractice attorney, but how do you explain something like that to your kids?"


Every time I scroll past this thread this joke pops to mind!

 

[DD214_DOC]

My son hasn't asked, probably because I have enough free time to play with him so he doesn't care!

 

[beezley]

'Mama is the doctor for the soldiers who fight for us, and people who are sad and really scared'. They are always in the car when I am dropped off for VA clinic day.

My daughter seems to dig the white coat I wear while on call. I can't wait to retire it in 1 month!