> For poor people this is even more difficult decision.
Depends where you live. In The Netherlands I get the doctor visits for my toddler reimbursed by (mandatory) insurance. My problem is rather that I need to make (precious) time for a doctor visit. Time is money.
Eh, thanks for that (offensive) question, you're the first in my life who ever asked me that question. It is a good question though, so I'll address it (from my PoV, n=1).
First of all, every parent in the world has this problem because as parent your time is limited. More so than non parents. There are some parents who outsource their children to (day)care. We don't have the financial means for that, but we'd also limit it regardless because contact with our child is important.
Second, yes I've been wondering about that various times in the recent past, but for very different reasons (I have autism and get over-sensitized from children because of the unpredictability and the noise).
Third, you don't know beforehand the exact problems you're going to face with your child. Not from your part, but even less from your child's PoV because you don't know how their personality is and how it is going to develop. Furthermore, you don't know for sure how your situation and the world is going to develop.
Money and time are both limiting factors. While in The Netherlands the doctor visits are reimbursed via insurance, the limiting time factor remains.
I would make time for my kid when required. The problem is that you never know for sure when it is required. Because you don't know for sure when your kid is really ill. Its a risk assessment, in the end. Right now, she has the sixth disease (Roseola) which is the first time she got really ill, and it seems like a harmless virus.
Depends where you live. In The Netherlands I get the doctor visits for my toddler reimbursed by (mandatory) insurance. My problem is rather that I need to make (precious) time for a doctor visit. Time is money.