May 23, 10:11 am ET

BERLIN (Reuters) - A German mother was fined 100 euros ($116.9) because her eight-year-old daughter refused to open her mouth for the school dentist.
"The dentist wanted to check her teeth, but the girl was afraid and refused to open her mouth. So the dentist reported her," a court spokesman in the central town of Wernigerode said on Thursday.

Local authorities imposed the fine on the mother and the court upheld that decision. The mother has agreed to pay the fine.

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Would your kid get away with this?

What could you do to avoid this kind of circumstance? (1) the dentist is a stranger. (2) who likes someone fooling around in their mouth? (3)this may be a phobia the kid has. How do you make someone do something they are deathly afraid of?

You avoid this stituation with a bit education about what is going to take place when they visit the dentist. The kid may have heard some rough "war stories" about people sticking bad things in her mouth. Got to be more to this story, or why would any court even entertain the complaint?

Yeah i agree with you on that. Has to be more to this than what is being reported.