Protective and Obsessed Mothers...
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Post #4 is a very candid answer Lissa. My thinking is that a parent who thinks\concerned about it, probably doesn't have too much to worry about. The parents that really have a problem are the ones who see their obsessive and over protective parenting as being the right thing, and more permissive parents are irresponsible parents; those are the scary parents, and often have children who over time distance themselves from their parents as teenagers and even into their adults lives.
On This American Life (NPR) a 20 something woman told a story from her childhood about going to Disneyland, and her mother not allowing them to leave the Disneyland Hotel. Their entire vacation was in the hotel, not Disneyland.
On This American Life (NPR) a 20 something woman told a story from her childhood about going to Disneyland, and her mother not allowing them to leave the Disneyland Hotel. Their entire vacation was in the hotel, not Disneyland.
Lissa, I think that most of your medical worried have very good ground. I'd say it's your instinct that tells you that a lot of things conventional medicine does is not right, and it has nothing to do with paranoia, it just they are NOT right. I'd highly advise you to find a new doctor, a good naturopath or an MD with a holistic approach (this is what we have; they are pricy, since they usually charge a lot per hour, like to take their time (at least 30 min per visit) and many of them do not accept insurance, but your child's health is worth this investment.
There are a lot of things that can be done to improve your child’s health, so he won’t need antibiotics and tubes in his ears (yuckies). But, unfortunately, conventional doctors will most likely make your little one sicker and sicker, that’s what they are for and that’s what they are trained to do (even though they may not be aware of it). I highly recommend to read a book
http://www.amazon.com/Raise-Healthy-Child-Spite-Doctor/dp/0345342763</AMAZON> [/COLOR]
written by a pediatrician with 30 years of experience. I have it, if you would like I could mail it to you for free and you can return it to me as soon as you read it.
As for babysitters, I definitely trust my husband and leave the kids with him with no problem at all, but my kids have never been with a babysitter yet.
There are a lot of things that can be done to improve your child’s health, so he won’t need antibiotics and tubes in his ears (yuckies). But, unfortunately, conventional doctors will most likely make your little one sicker and sicker, that’s what they are for and that’s what they are trained to do (even though they may not be aware of it). I highly recommend to read a book
http://www.amazon.com/Raise-Healthy-Child-Spite-Doctor/dp/0345342763</AMAZON> [/COLOR]
written by a pediatrician with 30 years of experience. I have it, if you would like I could mail it to you for free and you can return it to me as soon as you read it.
As for babysitters, I definitely trust my husband and leave the kids with him with no problem at all, but my kids have never been with a babysitter yet.
Oh brother, Yulia. Her son already has the plugs and he only has a cold. He's fine and healthy and adorable.
Conventional Dr's will NOT make her child sicker and sicker. All that is what you have been programmed to believe. You preach this Yulia but as I said before you'd take chemo or radiation so the Dr's that you bad mouth today might be saving your life tomorrow.
Conventional Dr's will NOT make her child sicker and sicker. All that is what you have been programmed to believe. You preach this Yulia but as I said before you'd take chemo or radiation so the Dr's that you bad mouth today might be saving your life tomorrow.
>>>unfortunately, conventional doctors will most likely make your little one sicker and sicker, that’s what they are for and that’s what they are trained to do (even though they may not be aware of it).
bashing modern medicine.
Just out of curiousity, your "naturalists"...what do they need to do in terms of education for them to practice? Doctors have to go to college, grad school, med school, etc...years of training and learning. I'm pretty sure most people would rather trust their kid to someone that educated as opposed to someone practicing with herbs and treebark.
Why would you think they are trained to harm people? Dare I even ask?
lol @ Music's new avatar
bashing modern medicine.
Just out of curiousity, your "naturalists"...what do they need to do in terms of education for them to practice? Doctors have to go to college, grad school, med school, etc...years of training and learning. I'm pretty sure most people would rather trust their kid to someone that educated as opposed to someone practicing with herbs and treebark.
Why would you think they are trained to harm people? Dare I even ask?
lol @ Music's new avatar
Just out of curiousity, your "naturalists"...what do they need to do in terms of education for them to practice?[/quote]
My kids' ped is an MD AND a naturapath.
My kids' ped is an MD AND a naturapath.
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"That is what they are they for and that's what they are trained to do"? Why are they there to make kids sicker and sicker and what aspects of their training teach this?</r>
"That is what they are they for and that's what they are trained to do"? Why are they there to make kids sicker and sicker and what aspects of their training teach this?</r>
How to Raise a Healthy Child in Spite of Your Doctor </SPAN><FONT color=maroon>Ari2 said:
My twins are about the age of Oliver. I haven't experienced exactly the same thing, but I've had flashes of it I think. Every once in a while I find myself thinking about their safety and health and imaging the worse. When I hear about a young child being mistreated, falling seriously ill, or dying, I get a picture of something similar happening to one of my kids and I can feel the fear welling up. It doesn't happen that often and I'm able to put it out of my head immediately, for the most part. But it's awful.
When my kids were first born, my husband and I were extremely protective. The twins were premature and seemed so tiny (my daughter's entire body slipped through the neckhole of a newborn sleeper). We didn't let anyone take care of them or even hold them for very long. And absolutely everyone had to wash their hands before they could touch them. I also got extraordinarily angry at my MIL for holding them and then afterwards telling us she had such a terrible cold AND an outbreak of oral herpes. Thankfully, my husband and I have relaxed quite a bit as our kids have changed into chunky, big toddlers, and I expect this will continue.
I hope when Oliver does enter kindergarten you have had several completely uneventful, healthy years in which he has thrived and that this will let you be OK when you see him off.
When my kids were first born, my husband and I were extremely protective. The twins were premature and seemed so tiny (my daughter's entire body slipped through the neckhole of a newborn sleeper). We didn't let anyone take care of them or even hold them for very long. And absolutely everyone had to wash their hands before they could touch them. I also got extraordinarily angry at my MIL for holding them and then afterwards telling us she had such a terrible cold AND an outbreak of oral herpes. Thankfully, my husband and I have relaxed quite a bit as our kids have changed into chunky, big toddlers, and I expect this will continue.
I hope when Oliver does enter kindergarten you have had several completely uneventful, healthy years in which he has thrived and that this will let you be OK when you see him off.
These are normal fears. No one still watches my children.Lissa said:
I did panick for two weeks after he went to school, then again with the twins. You are a bit ready by that time. I recommend pre-K to warm up.
Don't feel quilty because he needs that freedome from you.
I hope I didn't say this already..night night time....coo cooooooooo