Why Can't He Learn? by Jane Hersey
The publisher, Jane Hersey, September 27, 1998 Good parents can have difficult children. Sometimes good parents have difficult children, very difficult children! If you find yourself dealing with a little one whose behavior simply doesn't make sense... and the parenting techniques you have tried aren't working... and the terrible two's are beginning to look like a permanent condition... take heart, you have a lot of company! If children seem to be getting more difficult than ever, there may be a good explanation, and it could be located right under your child's nose. Consider that marshmallow breakfast cereal she consumed, or the fluorescent vitamins he enjoys or the bubble gum flavored medicine. Do you know what gives these things their pretty colors? How about the fruity flavorings... which have never set foot outside a chemistry lab? "Not my child" you say? "I feed him wholesome things like apple juice, oranges, and cucumbers. In our home 'candy' means raisins, and we grow our own tomatoes." Yes, these are wonderful foods, but if your child is sensitive to salicylates, they can trigger world-class tantrums too. This book is about parents who have faced the issues you are dealing with (or worse!) and have found solutions. An eminent physician discovered many of the puzzle pieces, and others have followed, so there now is documentation in the scientific literature. It shows that some foods and some chemicals added to foods can affect how a person behaves, their ability to pay attention and to learn. For more than two decades, parents have translated this research into practical, everyday how-to's. This book will introduce you to our families, tell how we changed our children's behavior, and show what you can do to help your child and yourself - today! Customer Comments shamdelis@worldnet.att.net
from New Hampshire, USA, April 18, 1999
A reader, February 12, 1997
But for the past 20 years, thousands of families have benefited from removing artificial colors, flavors, preservatives and salicylates from their diets. Certainly, no one has been harmed, which is more than can be said for over-prescribed medication. The diet makes good sense for everyday living for all family members, but most especially for suffering children. It is an inexpensive, healthy, and often successful remedy for so many. Hersey explains the nuts and bolts well. Aside from some typos here and there, the book is a fine piece with great research fueled by a compassionate voice. Run, don't walk, to get this book. It may contain the answer to alleviate your child's suffering. * * * * * Solve your child's problems without the damaging effect of potent psychiatric drugs which have known and unknown side-effects and which will also act to dull your child emotionally and intellectually. No parent should put their child on drugs and every parent should research the facts and alternatives to the paradigm provided by modern psychiatry (a very limited, and damaging perspective). Every year in the U.S., over two million children are given the drug Ritalin to combat Attention-Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). There are safer and more effective alternatives. Many researchers and authors have found powerful evidence that a drug-free approach works. The drug-free approach is always the best choice.
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