Healthy Children for a Healthy Future
There’s a large part of me that feels like we’re getting it all wrong with this generation of kids, that we got it wrong with our generation, as well as the generation before us. I’m not trying to be all doom and gloom; just being honest. I feel like we can start getting it right by making informed choices for our kids. In case your not sure what I’m referring to, I’m talking about how we manage our kids health.
Children don’t have the language or the maturity to decide how to be raised, they can’t influence their parents choices, so it’s our responsibility, as parents or parents-to-be to do our research before we decide what avenue to take when dealing with common childhood illnesses. How we manage our children’s health will affect the strength of their systems for the rest of their lives. It’s a big responsibility!
The great thing is that the most common childhood ailments aren’t serious, things like: colic, teething discomfort, fever, runny noses, tonsilitis, ear infections, growing pains, diarrhea, bladder infections, chicken pox, coughs, colds, etc… Kids aren’t difficult to treat naturally because their systems are less complicated that adult’s systems; there are fewer factors to consider. The scary thing is that if you take your child to the doctor with any of the above mentioned concerns it’s likely that he’ll be prescribed medication.
Now, I’m not saying that when our kids are sick we should be passive, to just ignore it assume it’ll just go away; that’s when it may progress into something that requires medical intervention. What I’m saying is that parents need to be well equipped so that they can get the situation under control before things progress. Parents should be equipped with knowledge, excellent nutrition, and a natural first aid kit. This requires research because you won’t get this information from your doctor.
The wonderful thing about conventional medicine: it’s there for us in cases of emergency.
The not-so-wonderful thing about conventional medicine: it treats every discomfort as if it’s an emergency.
Common childhood illnesses should be invited and encouraged, not suppressed with medication and antibiotics. Illness is present to teach the child’s immune system how to function properly so that once they become adults and are exposed to more harmful bugs they’ll be strong enough to fight them off. Remember, it all starts in childhood. If a baby is given tylenol to reduce a fever, cortisone cream to treat a rash, anti-histamines to stop a runny nose, anti-biotics for their first ear infection, and anti-inflammatory drugs for minor pain their systems will never learn to fight these minor discomforts on their own. They’ll have to rely on these interventions for life, which causes the types of health issues I see in adult clients on a very regular basis.
Did you know that instead of taking your child to the family doctor who has pharmaceutical reps knocking on their door, you can bring them to a naturopathic doctor instead? Nutritionists are available to coach you through the ideal way to introduce food to babies so that their digestive function develops optimally. Homeopathic medicine is a very gentle yet effective way to treat common childhood ailments.
The goal: to brighten the future for generations to come.