It will just become a normalised thing like going to get a haircut ... Shows like CBeebies' Get Well Soon show children what it is like to be in a hospital or doctors' surgery.

My wife insists on going to the children’s doctor and dentist appointments, which causes my co-parent to become extremely territorial and recently caused a huge brouhaha at the dentist’s office.

A nationally representative survey from researchers at the University of Michigan found that, of the 726 parents quizzed, around half said their kids disliked going to the doctor. The reasons ...