Plus, SapientNitro says, it has the technology and expertise to make sure that all the back-end systems talk to each other, so that Marks and Spencer (a Sapient client) knows that a person who visits its mobile app has recently purchased outerwear and lives in a particular region, for example.
Your pediatrician, who is specifically trained to care for kids and teens, might be able to provide care for a little longer if your child is in college (usually until college graduation or age 21). But this varies from doctor to doctor, so be sure to ask.
It's the level of trust and comfort you have with that person and his or her ability to care for your child. So, while the textbook answer to when a child should stop seeing a pediatrician is before the age of 18, there is a more personal element to this decision than a simple age limit. In Canada, about 60 per cent of children are cared for by family doctors and 40 per cent by pediatricians.