What do you think? Could doctors become good parents or will their patients make them so busy to take care of their children?

I think doctors could be good parents if they manage their time efficiently. Making time for their children as well as their jobs.

Anything in life need a Time managemnt, as long as you are able to manage your time, sure will have a time for everything.

And yes, Doctors can be a good parents if they are able to manage their time.

If they balance between their families and careers, they can be both, good doctors and good parents.

let's ask doctor Hitman :p hehe
i have no idea honestly

Of course they could be good parents.. The occupation is not what makes you a good parent.. Hey, the father could be a businessman always away on trips and never there to watch his children grow.. Is he a good father? Maybe.. but we cannot really judge now can we? ;)

I personally I think, it depends on what kind of doctor they are.
That's all :)

why not ?! As Storm said its all about the time managment ..
As long as there is time for your kids, you will be them as you want.
Sometimes the parents are more often with their kids but they can't
control the way they are going to raise them

What do you think? Could doctors become good parents or will their patients make them so busy to take care of their children?



Not all the doctors have a busy schedule, it all depends on their field of specialty

For example, a dr specialized in FAMCO has a relatively light schedule of work as he/she does not have on-calls nor night shifts, on the other hand dr's in A&E or surgery or internal medicine are having the opposite

But how can doctors manage their time if they don't know when patients would be brought in? I mean in emergency cases.

But there is also the role of the mother, or she died?

What if the doctor is a woman? or both parents are doctors?

I think it's difficult to balance the two. The children might end up hurting themselves to get their parents attention..

I do agree with i3u00n_ildenya to some extent, that it depends on the type of doctor and his/her specialization.

We had a debate in college abt this and I was with this statement, but in the end i changed my mind, doctors can't be good parents they can either be good doctors OR good parents.

I think they can't be as good as a stay at home parent (in the woman's case) but I think this is the case with all working woman and not only doctors.

why not ? ...if they have the desire ...then why not ...

Absolutely, Beside the midnight shift, doctors make great parents. You don't have to have a good job to be a good parent.

Why wouldn't they?

They actually do, but sometimes work calls and they don't be there with their children, however they still do because of the sense of caring they have.

I don't see why they wouldn't make great parents. My parents are doctors, and I turned out perfectly fine.

Oh i definatly think doctors make good parents :)

i think they can, usually doctors know more about people than other parents, so they know how to handle things at home...

i know ur talking about physical doctors, not people with Phd...
but my uncle had Phd in education technology, and believe me, no one can handle people (specially family) better than him...

my dad is a doctor.. and he raised me to be the perfect son ever.. as much as the responsibilites he has not in only in one hospital or two.. he raised all of his children perfectly and made each be so confident of each other..

i guess people with such high degree can easily manage to arrange their time equally as possible as needed to do everything they suppose to do..

its true that some doctors who have highly demand are so busy to the point where they dont get to see their children in a day or two or even a month when they're overseas for confrences or coverage.. but that has nothing to do of raising their children because when the time comes.. they do know how to deal with it..

^^^ an opinion based on experience, that sounds right ...

A man or woman have kids, they don't suddenly become just parents. They are still people who need fulfilment, that comes with a career. Being a parent is only part of this person. Not this person entirely.

This is why I disagree with stay at home mums. You need to be there for your kids, yes, but you also need to be someone who inspires your kids, a good example of what a successful independant self-sufficient grown up is. Of what lies ahead for them.

If girls only see their mummies slave away in the house and watch a load of television, then how do you expect them to want to be successful adults with a higher aim than washing dishes and cooking food?

If you look around, in the majority, successful people have successful kids. I'd be very proud if either of my parents were doctors. Maybe they would have inspired me to follow on my initial wishes to study medicine.

^^ Agreed :yes:

I don't see why doctors can't make good parents if they are committed to it. Plus, they would inspire their children to be hard workers and achieve as much as they did :)