Toddler Tells Doctor He 'Doesn't Feel Safe At Home', Then Mom Realizes Why

A woman left TikTok viewers in hysterics after revealing why her toddler told their doctor he "doesn't feel safe at home," and she told Newsweek how the medic's concerns were eased by showing him a picture of the culprit.

It's common for young children to fear a visit to the doctor. 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 varied from one age group to another though. While 66 percent of children between the ages of four and five hated it because of the prospect of getting shots, 43 percent of two to three-year-olds feared it because of stranger anxiety the situation generated.

It doesn't sound like Kama Menter's three-year-old son has those issues though. Quite the opposite in fact, as she revealed during a video posted to her TikTok channel kmenter6.

In the clip, Menter explained how, during a recent visit to the doctor, her son told them: "He doesn't feel safe at home."

"He told the doctor he doesn't feel safe at home because someone called 'Troy' is at our house," she said.

Menter can still recall the doctor's reaction now. "He didn't vocalize concern, he just looked at us with a questioning look," she told Newsweek.

Menter said her son went on to explain that his "five-year-old brother has to protect him and the only way he can do anything around the house is if he can hit Troy."

"He hates Troy," Menter said, recalled how she just "laughed" when her son said this, for reasons that will become apparent.

It's at this point in the video that Menter asks viewers: "Would you like to know who Troy is?" before cutting to the big reveal that Troy is, in fact, a robot vacuum cleaner.

"We named our Roomba technically after a man on a show we watch called Port Protection Alaska on Disney Plus," Menter said. "That's the last show we had watched and the name is uncommon to us so it stuck out to us as a random name for a vacuum."

Menter said she was able to allay any possible fears the doctor might have been having by showing them a picture of Troy.

"I could see why he may have been concerned with the initial reaction," she said. "But I was able to debunk his 'safety concern' quickly by showing him the iRobot app."

Though it may have made for an unusual trip to see the doctor, it was one that had Menter amused enough to share the story to social media. At the time of writing her video about "Troy" has been watched 6.5 million times.

She hopes those who stayed until the end appreciate the humor of it all. "I felt like parents would probably be able to relate to storytelling kids and they were," she said. "I hope people had a good laugh."

Judging from the comments on the video, that was certainly the case. "My son was pretending to be in Paw Patrol so I called his snack 'pup treats.' He told the day care I fed him dog food," one viewer said. "My daughter told her dr she didn't get good sleep because Steve sneaks in her room in the middle of the night and lays on top of her. Steve is our dog," another wrote.

A third, meanwhile, added: "I used to sell clothes on Poshmark and had everything in my closet. My son told everyone I did work in my bedroom and he couldn't come in when I took pictures."

Kids really do say the funniest things.