A pediatrician on TikTok is trying to prepare parents for a milestone at the doctor’s office: When kids hit the pre-teen years, parents are asked to step outside the examination room for a few minutes.

“We try to build relationships with kids so that we can maintain trust — that is the greatest gift you can have with patients and their parents,” Dr. Gabriella Dauer, a pediatrician in Florida, tells TODAY.com.

Dauer explained how “ one-on-one time ” works in a TikTok video .

“If you have a kiddo between the ages of 10 to 18, I want you to listen up because you need to be prepared for your next pediatric visit,” Dauer said in the video. “Your child is offered alone time with the doctor and it comes as a shock to some of these parents who have 9-year-olds or 10-year-olds. So, we like

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