Healthy Kids, Happy Kids (ePub)

What if you could change the future of your child's health with 5 simple steps? In this groundbreaking, evidence-based guide to raising resilient kids in our modern world, Dr. Elisa Song bridges the gap between conventional and holistic pediatrics and delivers a clear roadmap to help kids thrive.

Raising healthy, happy kids shouldn't be so hard. Yet, despite living in what should be a golden age of medicine, our children are sicker than ever. At least 1 in 5 kids has eczema, and 1 in 10 has asthma, ADHD, or anxiety—and sometimes they have all of the above. Many parents are at a loss for who to turn to for trusted advice—advice that takes a root-cause, holistic approach to whole child resilience, but doesn't dismiss the value of conventional pediatrics.

Enter Elisa Song, MD, a Stanford-, NYU-, UCSF-trained pediatrician, one of the foremost pioneers and trusted experts in pediatric integrative and functional medicine. She is that rare practitioner who can bridge the gap between conventional and holistic pediatrics and deliver this comprehensive, yet simple roadmap to raising resilient kids in our modern, not-so-simple world.

Drawing on extensive research and over 25 years of clinical experience, Dr. Song explains why your child's gut microbiome holds the key to lifelong health and resilience. She shares her proven and practical plan for parents to:

• Optimize your child's microbiome with 5 simple steps.
• Empower your kids so they want to make healthy choices (and you don't have to nag).
• Learn how to heal your child's gut to get to the root cause of their chronic health concerns.
• Feel calm and confident using safe and effective natural therapies when your kids are sick, with an A-to-Z guide to the top 25 acute childhood ailments.

Thanks to Dr. Song, parents (and practitioners) finally have the power to revolutionize the future of children's health so that their kids can thrive—no matter what life throws their way.