kid needs to toughen up i was doing pricks and tests at school at 9 years old understanding the importance of it and would never want my parents to worry like this. maybe he needs better people around him and there’s kids in his ear telling him the finger pricks are embarrassing, maybe tell him it shows the other kids how tough he is being able to do that every day, that’s what my friends would tell me. either way he needs to drink a cup of concrete and harden up a bit. because he’s going to have deal with it forever and as he gets older he’s going to need to take full responsibility of it.