Parents of asthmatic children worry a lot. They worry about the fact that their child has to take medicines everyday. They worry about the side effects of medicines. They worry when the child has symptoms and misses school and they fear acute attacks. It’s not only about a disease, but also about emotions. Actually, they need not. Here is my advice to parents of children who have asthma. 1.
ACCEPT: Parents don’t like to be told that their child has asthma. Doctors also know this. So some doctors couch the diagnosis in nicer sounding words like "Allergy" or "Bronchitis" or "Chest Congestion". This only delays proper treatment. So my sincere advice is to accept the diagnosis and then start looking for practical and do-able solutions. 2. ATTITUDE : Have you noticed how parent’s attitude and feelings are imbibed by children ? If the mother is constantly critical of the maid, the…
