Every year the media run the same playbook, inducing fear and panic over measles outbreaks (in case the anxiety of bird flu wasn’t getting our attention). I’m compelled to speak out about it this year as it’s in my soon-to-be home state of Texas and affecting my older son who is already in Texas at college.My son got an email from the health center on...
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A friend of mine has two kids both currently completing pre-med studies at different colleges and applying to medical schools. When I recently suggested they consider naturopathic or homeopathic options their reactions were typical of the uninformed. I was a little saddened at the prospect of two young, bright, would-be doctors entering the very broken conventional medical industry where they would be brain-washed from day...
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A few weeks ago I got the text from my older son that I had been dreading for years: “Mom I think I need ADHD medication”. My son is 20 now, away at university in another state, and free of any medical interventions since he was diagnosed with Aspergers and ADHD at age 5. I actually wrote about this exact fear in my book in...
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Whatever side of the vaccine debate you fall on I know you’ll find this conversation enlightening.One of the books I include in the recommended further reading of my book is Turtles All the Way Down written by two Israeli doctors who have chosen to stay anonymous. (We get into why in the discussion). It was originally written in Hebrew in 2018 but has been translated...
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There’s nothing much worse than an ear infection, especially if you’re under the age of five. So much discomfort close to the pain receptors in the head, usually accompanied by sleepless nights, fevers, sore throat and general misery.Nowadays considered a right of passage for the pre-school set, it’s not unusual to hear of multiple bouts in a single year with associated courses of antibiotics, and...
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I finally got around to watching the most incredible documentary this week, Spellers. It tells the stories of eight non-speaking young people with autism who learned to communicate through a letterboard. For their entire lives everyone including their families had assumed they were cognitively impaired as they showed no sign of understanding or expression of feelings. How wrong they were.Autism is an incredibly complex condition...
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Last week I was dropping off my older son to start his freshman year at college and got to spend a couple of days on the beautiful campus getting him settled in. His unlimited meal plan includes some guest passes so we ate together at one of the dining halls. I have to say I was fairly horrified at the poor food options with the...
Read MoreThe teenage years are arguably the most critical in our development. The habits and attitudes developed during these formative years will be very hard to change in later life. If you don’t teach them, it’ll be mass media driven by big business advertising dollars that will win their hearts.We may think our teenagers aren’t listening to us but actually if a third-party asked a teenager...
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