Five-Year-Old Daughter Said Daddy’s Bath Games Were Secret—Then I Looked Through the Bathroom Door and Called the Police
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Chapter 14 - SOPHIE’S PEDIATRICIANDr. Melissa Grant had seen Sophie four months earlier for bath anxiety.
Her note became important.
Child fearful after slip/fall. Recommend gradual, non-forced reintroduction. Offer occupational therapy referral if persistent. Avoid restraint or punitive bathing practices.
Mark had attended that appointment.
I had forgotten because I was at work and joined by phone for ten minutes.
Dr. Grant remembered Mark asking:
“What if she refuses indefinitely?”
Dr. Grant answered:
“Then we treat the anxiety. We don’t overpower a five-year-old.”
Mark knew.
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He later claimed the online exposure approach was simply his version of gradual reintroduction.
But drugging a child and resetting timers after escape was not what the pediatrician meant.
